When changing default browser in System Setting the default for x-www-browser is not changed

Bug #870949 reported by Doug McMahon
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

This affects at the least
apport (who cares - previous - bug 837518
Software-center

To test:
Install chromium-browser - it will be set on auto mode in update-alternatives x-www-browser

Open a link in Software Center - firefox will still be used

The only way to change the behavior of either Sc or Tb will be to manually set to desired in 'update-alternatives --config x-www-browser' , changing the default in g-c-c has no effect in these instances

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 8 16:27:05 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20111004)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.0-0ubuntu1
 indicator-datetime 0.3.0-0ubuntu3

Revision history for this message
Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote :
Doug McMahon (mc3man)
description: updated
Robert Roth (evfool)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report but alternatives are system settings where the gnome-control-center handle user settings, it can't be set from there, you should open bugs against software that use alternatives values rather than the proper desktop settings

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → Wishlist
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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