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#1 2016-10-14 20:09:54
- Abdorhman Ayman
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[NotABug]Select default browser exits
Hi everyone,
main menu > Network > WWW browsers > Select default browser
it asks for my password, I type it in and I press Enter, then it just exits!
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Last edited by damo (2016-10-14 22:06:11)
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#2 2016-10-14 20:28:12
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Re: [NotABug]Select default browser exits
Hi everyone,
main menu > Network > WWW browsers > Select default browser
it asks for my password, I type it in and I press Enter, then it just exits!
respectfully
Have you installed any other browsers? If not, then this is the expected behaviour. If you run the command directly in a terminal, do you get the following?
damo@bl-iso:~$ sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
[sudo] password for damo:
There is only one alternative in link group x-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/x-www-browser): /usr/bin/firefox-esr
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#3 2016-10-14 21:37:56
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Re: [NotABug]Select default browser exits
Abdorhman Ayman wrote:Hi everyone,
main menu > Network > WWW browsers > Select default browser
it asks for my password, I type it in and I press Enter, then it just exits!
respectfully
Have you installed any other browsers? If not, then this is the expected behaviour. If you run the command directly in a terminal, do you get the following?
damo@bl-iso:~$ sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser [sudo] password for damo: There is only one alternative in link group x-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/x-www-browser): /usr/bin/firefox-esr Nothing to configure.
yes, thats exactly what I got 
but Firefox isn't my only browser, I have pale moon, which was recognized in #!++
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#4 2016-10-14 21:51:24
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Re: [NotABug]Select default browser exits
But did you manually install Palemoon, without adding it to alternatives ?
Menu -> System -> Edit Debian Alternatives
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#5 2016-10-14 21:57:15
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Re: [NotABug]Select default browser exits
But did you manually install Palemoon, without adding it to alternatives ?
Menu -> System -> Edit Debian Alternatives
I didn't know that, thanks, what the diff between gnome-WWW-broweser and x-WWW-browser?
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#6 2016-10-14 22:04:13
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Re: [NotABug]Select default browser exits
damo wrote:But did you manually install Palemoon, without adding it to alternatives ?
Menu -> System -> Edit Debian Alternatives
I didn't know that, thanks, what the diff between gnome-WWW-broweser and x-WWW-browser?
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x-www-browser calls the default browser for any X environment.
gnome-www-browser is intended to run on a GNOME DE.
AFAIK.
Do a web search with your question 
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#7 2016-10-14 22:12:40
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Re: [NotABug]Select default browser exits
this what I get when pressing "Add":
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#8 2016-10-14 22:14:11
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Re: [NotABug]Select default browser exits
should I take this to feature requests? as it SHOULD NOT exit, it should simply say that there is no alternative.
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#9 2016-10-14 22:34:51
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Re: [NotABug]Select default browser exits
should I take this to feature requests? as it SHOULD NOT exit, it should simply say that there is no alternative.
I agree the script probably should exit more gracefully. I will flag it up on github.
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#10 2016-10-14 22:37:42
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Re: [NotABug]Select default browser exits
I was able to edit Debian alternative after reboot thanks for your help
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