After installing Seamonkey its default sensible-browser

Bug #618872 reported by Jānis Kangarooo
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: seamonkey

Pidgin now opens all liks in seamonkey
this started after installing seamonkey
setting in pidgin is default - manual sensible-browser and that now makes seamonkey work instead of default

Reproduce:
in clean default new installed system without seamonkey
and with default option in pidgin Manual sensible-browser
open pidgin open link (it opens in default FF)
then install seamonkey open same link
what happend? opens in seamonkey?? .. huh? without making any changes in default application setting?
so then bug is in installation. it triggers sensible0-browser to be set seamonkey..

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: seamonkey 2.0.6+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-9.14-generic 2.6.35-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-9-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Aug 16 23:25:21 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100701)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=lv_LV.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: seamonkey

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Jānis Kangarooo (kangarooo) wrote :
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

affects: seamonkey (Ubuntu) → ubuntu
Changed in ubuntu:
status: New → Invalid
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Jānis Kangarooo (kangarooo) wrote :

This is a bug and not a question
where is question i dont see question
in description is written about this bug

description: updated
affects: ubuntu → seamonkey (Ubuntu)
Changed in seamonkey (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Well, it's not a bug in seamonkey then. It sounds like Pidgin isn't using the GNOME settings, but most likely using the alternatives link instead.

I converted it to a question so you could get help changing it back

affects: seamonkey (Ubuntu) → ubuntu
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Jānis Kangarooo (kangarooo) wrote :

it is couse before installed pidgin opens link in sensible-browser and by dfault its FF
and after install it opens in Seamonkey so it auto set itself..

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Jānis Kangarooo (kangarooo) wrote :

Also apport crashes opens Seamonkey but default in preffered applications hasnt been changed. Not at least by me but by seamonkey installation

affects: ubuntu → seamonkey (Ubuntu)
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Jānis Kangarooo (kangarooo) wrote :

reproduce- remove purge seamonkey-browser and seamonkey
then open ubuntu-bug someprogramm it opens in another browser..
open pidgin link when its set in pidgin gnome default or manual sensible-browser
they opened in someother browser if u had also chrome then in chrome if not then in FF if u had it
then install seamonekey
ubuntu-bug someprogramm
and pidgin links ones in seamonkey..
but still default application in gnome or xubuntu (exo) settings was other browsers..

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Jānis Kangarooo (kangarooo) wrote :

heres part of installing seamonkey in terminal

Setting up seamonkey-browser (2.0.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/seamonkey to provide /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/man1/x-www-browser.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/man1/seamonkey.1.gz (of link group x-www-browser) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/seamonkey to provide /usr/bin/mozilla (mozilla) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/man1/mozilla.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/man1/seamonkey.1.gz (of link group mozilla) doesn't exist.

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Jānis Kangarooo (kangarooo) wrote :

heres settings and bug opened in seamonkey (see window list)

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Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test a current, supported, Ubuntu version. If you can test it, and it is still an issue, we would appreciate if you could upload updated logs by running apport-collect 618872, and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Changed in seamonkey (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

This is a side effect of the alternatives system. If we drop the priority of seamonkey lower, then another group of users will start to complain when they install other browsers and they now override seamonkey as the default.

The real fix is for applications to not rely on alternatives, as this system really sucks for this sort of thing.

Marking this as Opinion. We're not going to be playing around with alternatives priorities, as it's impossible to please everybody.

Changed in seamonkey (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Opinion
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Jānis Kangarooo (kangarooo) wrote :

I dont want any thing to change on my system on installation.
If i want that i can change on 1st time browser asking or in preffered applications.

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Jānis Kangarooo (kangarooo) wrote :

This is a good solution. Not making it default on installation but on 1st run to ask to be default.

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