solved? Re: [plug] Evolution defaults ...

Mon Dec 7 18:56:20 WST 2009

On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 17:52 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
> Hmm, well after a reboot my system actually now uses epiphany for links
> from evolution, which I was changing it to just as an experiment.
> Previous default was firefox.
> 
> Now, all I have to do is get it back to firefox as the browser of
> choice. Richard, I hope you haven't made me create an undesirable and
> irreversible change to my system in trying to help you ;-)

Can I declare this thread "solved" since I didn't start it in the first
place? ;-)

Anyway, sorry to steal it from you, Richard but I've done what you
wanted and used gconf to set a different browser for evolution and then
set it back again to firefox. In this process of testing it out, I've
learnt a couple of traps to watch out for:
1/ logging out may not be enough, the changes didn't have effect on my
system until a reboot :-/
2/ Do NOT make changes "mandatory" because it makes a whole lot more
work to make the key writable again when you want to change it later.

Other than that, I hope you've got your system working, Richard.

Gavin. 

> On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 19:26 +0800, Richard Meyer wrote:
> > Thanks Bill - seems like I'm missing a gnome database of some sort ....
> > 
> > Thanks, anyway - I'll cut and paste - at least then I'll be totally to
> > blame for signing up to weird sites that glean my credit card
> > details ....
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 17:51 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
> > > This is gentoo's install log entry on what to do - any help?
> > >  
> > >    elog "To change the default browser if you are not using GNOME, do:"
> > >     elog "gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command -t string 'mozilla %s'"
> > >     elog "gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command -t string 'mozilla %s'"
> > >     elog ""
> > >     elog "Replace 'mozilla %s' with which ever browser you use."
> > > 
> > > BillK
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 13:03 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
> > > > I put my own advice to the test by changing the browser association,
> > > > and ... it didn't work :-/
> > > > 
> > > > I also tried the method listed here:
> > > > <http://www.compatdb.org/support/topics/161159_using_evolution_email_with_firefox_browser.html>
> > > > and neither the gnome nor kde method worked for me either.
> > > > 
> > > > YMMV, but this has me stumped now. I've set a different browser than
> > > > firefox everywhere that I can imagine, but still firefox persists as my
> > > > default file association from evolution :-/
> > > > 
> > > > Gavin
> > > > 
> > > > On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 21:37 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 20:33 +0800, Richard Meyer wrote:
> > > > > > hi all,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Some of you may have remembered the post I made a while ago about SUE
> > > > > > destroying my 10.3 installation with their "last security update".
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I have since installed SUSE 11.2 (I know, but I'm used to it, and it is
> > > > > > a work machine ...)
> > > > > 
> > > > > Stick with what you know well, eh :-) Why not, I still like it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Since then, when I click on a URL in Evolution, I get messages that say
> > > > > > "epiphany doesn't exist" (well that's not the EXACT message, but you get
> > > > > > the idea ...
> > > > > 
> > > > > Evo is a gnomey thing, so I think I'm right in believing epiphany is
> > > > > gnome's default browser. Anyway, I _think_ the way to get it associating
> > > > > html links with another browser is to install the gnome app
> > > > > "gconf-editor". You may already have it. There's usually no menu link
> > > > > for it - type that at a cli and see what you get.
> > > > > 
> > > > > *** ASIDE: aint bash great these days? Gone is the cryptic "not found"
> > > > > or whatever. Now bash says really _smart_ things like suggesting the
> > > > > full path to an app, or telling you it's not installed and how to
> > > > > install it. Makes the cli much more user friendly even for novices
> > > > > ***   
> > > > > 
> > > > > Once gconf-editor is running drill down to
> > > > > "/desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec" key. Highlight (choose) it in
> > > > > the right window and/or then right-click to edit the key value, typing
> > > > > in the new default browser in the relevant box. 
> > > > > There is no 'save' button, just quit gconf-editor and the changes are
> > > > > made. Probably have to restart your session to have changes in effect.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > > I have Googled to find how to adjust volution, but it's all ooolllddd.
> > > > > > Anybody know how to change the default browser? And it's KDE - KDE 4.3
> > > > > > is not nearly as bad as KDE 4.x was ....
> > > > > 
> > > > > Yeh, when I upgraded to opensuse 11.1 with kde 4.1, I found the desktop
> > > > > so awful and taxing on my aging laptop that I ditched it in favour of
> > > > > icewm (btw: tried xfce4 again first, but seems to have lost its trimness
> > > > > and also bogged down my system).
> > > > > 
> > > > > Gavin 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Richard Meyer
> > Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
> > It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 
> > William Pitt, 1783
> > 
> > Linux Counter user #306629
> > 
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