I had my default browser configured to run mozilla. Now, just running gnome-default-applications-properties destroys the default web browser. When doing "right-mouse-button -> Open Link" on a URL in a gnome-terminal, I get a Error window: Could not open the address "http://some.address.net": There was an error launching the default action command associated with this location. After investigation, I see the stringvalue in .gconf/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/%gconf.xml is set to "mozilla-1.6 %s" which should be "mozilla %s". Running gnome-default-applications-properties again and selecting a custom browser "mozilla %s" makes it working again. However, after running gnome-default-applications-properties again it destroys my custom setting again! I already re-emerged gnome-base/control-center-2.6.1 but that doesn't fix the problem... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Applications -> Desktop Preferences -> Advanced -> Preferred Applications 2. Close Actual Results: 1. When doing "right-mouse-button -> Open Link" on a URL in a gnome-terminal, I get a Error window: Could not open the address "http://.....": There was an error launching the default action command associated with this location. 2. The stringvalue in .gconf/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/%gconf.xml is set to "mozilla-1.6 %s" Expected Results: It should have left my default web browser alone like it was before running the application Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6.8.1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8.1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [disabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg sandbox" MAKEOPTS="-j2" USE="X apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups directfb encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline ruby sdl slang sse ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype x86 xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib"
works here, but i have the 2.8 cc . Can anyone with the 2.6 cc confirm ?
I just tested this on an alpha and it's the same there! Epiphany was there and when selecting Mozilla/Netscape 6, it shows at Command: mozilla-1.6 %s. I don't know where this mozilla-1.6 comes from, but it's here on x86 as well as on alpha!
And it seems to be hardcoded in the source. I just unpacked control-center-2.6.1.tar.bz2 and did a search on mozilla-1.6 in it: # find control-center-2.6.1/ -type f -print0 |xargs -0 grep mozilla-1.6 control-center-2.6.1/capplets/default-applications/gnome-default-applications-properties-structs.c: { N_("Mozilla/Netscape 6"), "mozilla-1.6", "mozilla-1.6 %s", FALSE, FALSE },
well, thats not what i meant. If it resets all settings on restart, thats a problem.
absolutely!
reporter: are you still experiencing this with the new version of control-center?
no response from reporter, needinfo.
Sorry, when I was checking I bumped on something else what made me "forget" to check until now... The step to reproduce now changed to: Desktop -> Preferences Preferred Applications So I tried switching between epiphany and mozilla and it seems to work fine here, so there... Greetz!
