Ubuntu
firefox package

Firefox claims that it's not my default browser; repeatedly in guest session too

Bug #732792 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned
gnome-vfs (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Chris Coulson

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

Ubuntu Natty alpha 3, all updates installed

1. Switch to a guest session.
2. Launch Firefox.

What happens: "Firefox is not currently set as your default browser. Would you like to make it your default browser?"
What should happen: No such alert, because (as confirmed by "Preferred Applications") Firefox *is* the default browser.

Tags: sniffles

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/oneiric/gnome-vfs
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Not confirming the issue here. Could you please attach your /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache and your /etc/gnome/defaults.list.

Thanks

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Jacopo Moronato (jmoronat) wrote :

Same here, attaching my mimeinfo.cache and defaults.list .
If I rimember correctly, it should also happen in "live" mode.

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Jacopo Moronato (jmoronat) wrote :

..ops, * remember * .

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

That looks normal. I still can't recreate this here on the guest session though

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Jacopo Moronato (jmoronat) wrote :

I'm testing with latest Natty daily iso. Firefox claims it's not the default browser everywhere: in Live session user and also after installation (guest session or normal user session).

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Mike (bild85) wrote :

Confirming here too: Alpha 3, 64-bit for Intel-Mac. Happens in regular user session. I created a link within the terminal and clicked on it, and it opened within Firefox. So Firefox clearly IS the default browser - it just doesn't know it yet.

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Mike (bild85) wrote :

Since the guest session doesn't remember settings, it will pop up this message each time Guest is accessed.

summary: - Firefox in guest session claims that it's not my default browser
+ Firefox claims that it's not my default browser; repeatedly in guest
+ session too
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Ok, I see what happens, but I'm not sure of the best way to fix it.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

There is actually a second bug here, and that is that Firefox is doing the default browser check at all. We turn that check off entirely, so I'm not sure why it's ignoring that.

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Ok, it seems we actually dropped a change from gnome-vfs to set the default browser to firefox, which some legacy apps still depend on (and this is why firefox thinks it isn't the default browser)

Changed in gnome-vfs (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
assignee: nobody → Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

The firefox task is kept open just for disabling the default browser check. This isn't actually a firefox bug

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-vfs - 1:2.24.4-0ubuntu4

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gnome-vfs (1:2.24.4-0ubuntu4) natty; urgency=low

  * Also handle the "%U" placeholder to really fix LP: #739416
    - update debian/patches/31_gio_uri_placeholder.patch
  * Fix LP: #732792 - Firefox in guest session claims that it's not my
    default browser. Ensure we set Firefox as the default in gnomevfs too
    - update debian/libgnomevfs2-common.gconf-defaults
 -- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:59:24 +0000

Changed in gnome-vfs (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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