Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 22:15:00 -0700 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Two default browsers? Message-ID: <357c6243-20fe-6d6e-c659-3b2486ab354d@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <20210120235451.512467cc@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <931ec930-6b63-e89b-f46f-f9e34d58178f@dreamchaser.org> <1b7897bd-b58b-d7e4-e35d-8e851611fb75@gmail.com> <7900c67d-063c-9dc9-dcc7-2bbe6f693afd@dreamchaser.org> <20210120235451.512467cc@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On 1/20/21 4:54 PM, RW via freebsd-questions wrote: >>> On 1/20/21 1:48 PM, Graham Perrin wrote: >>>> On 20/01/2021 17:57, Gary Aitken wrote: >> >>>> I have two browsers installed, firefox and chrome. They both claim >>>> to be the default browser, and neither will allow me to change it. >> ... >>> This question might ultimately be irrelevant, but what's your >>> desktop environment? >> >> startx/.xinitrc using xfce4 > > Have a look at xfce's "Preferred Applications" under settings. > > It probably doesn't matter whether chromium thinks it's the default, > if xdg-open is opening the browser. Thanks, that did the trick. I only now realized this screw-up was the result of a power outage where my UPS died prematurely due to a battery going EOL. Thunderbird preferences were partially reset, but firefox and chromium didn't seem to be. Thanks again, Gary
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