Wireshark should use the default web browser

[Thibault Lemaitre]

Binary package hint: wireshark

I installed Wireshark today and when I click to the link of the main window, it doesn't open my default web browser (which is Firefox), but Chromium.

I'm on Ubuntu 10.10 and use Wireshark from the repo (so version 1.2.11) and Firefox is set as the default web browser with gnome-default-applications-properties (one can find it in the menu System --> Preferences).

To reproduce it :
1) Install wireshark (apt://wireshark), Chromium (apt://chromium-browser,chromium-browser-l10n), and Firefox (apt://firefox)
2) Check that Firefox is your default web browser with gnome-default-applications-properties
3) Launch Wireshark and click for example on "How to capture"
4) What was the web browser used to open this link ?

I suppose Wireshark use one of sensible-browser, gnome-www-browser or x-www-browser. To solve this, instead of the previous command, wireshark should use xdg-open or gnome-open

More information : see bug 562476

[Balint Reczey (rbalint)]

Wireshark uses sensible-browser an will continue to do so. Please adjust sensible-browser to reflect your preference.

[Evan Huus (eapache)]

Setting to invalid based on Balint Reczey's comment.

[Thibault Lemaitre (thibault.lemaitre)]

I'm still a newbie and I don't understand why it's better to use one of sensible-browser, gnome-www-browser or x-www-browser (system wide setting) instead of xdg-open or gnome-open (user setting)?

I read the comment 5 in the bug 562476 with attention, and it seems that Ubuntu application's shouldn't use sensible-browser, gnome-www-browser or x-www-browser.