Re: [SLE] default browser sorted

From: Roger Beever (linux_at_rogernet.org.uk)
Date: 02/02/05

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Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:18:50 +0000

    On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 21:56 +0000, Roger Beever wrote:
    > On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 15:29 -0500, Carl E. Hartung wrote:
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    > > Roger Beever wrote:
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    > > "text/html"
    > >
    > > This stuff is *fun* ain't it? :-)
    > certainly is especially when I just brought my laptop upstairs to
    > compare and it has an entry for html etc and it's already set to firefox
    > as part of it's install, no changes by me.
    > And what's more clicking on a link in a message does open it in firefox.
    > Linux is a bit of a dark art ;-)
    > For the record both the laptop and desktop are running 9.2.
    > Both upgraded from 9.1 within about a week of each other.
    > Both by the reinstall rather than update.
    > The laptop had a reinstall because updates started failing that's about
    > the only difference.
    > I'm guessing I won't know for sure until I power up again tomorrow but
    > the changes have not worked so far.
    > Regards Roger
    I went into Firefox preferences and did a check if "Firefox is default
    browser" and it said it was not did I want it to. I clicked yes went
    back to Evolution and clicked a link and Firefox opened and showed the
    link.
    Problem solved. Thanks to all who helped along the way.
    Roger 

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