Comment 18 for bug 794720

This affects chrome as well and is indeed a bug in it. It is caused by
chrome not recognising what binary it came from.

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Richard Elkins
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Changed from exo to chromium-browser because it seems to be a better
> starting point for resolving this issue.
>
> ** Package changed: exo (Ubuntu) => chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794720
>
> Title:
> xubuntu desktop fails to respect "preferred applications"
>
> Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xfwm4
>
> On my wife's desktop, the preferred web-browser is set, via "Settings
> Manager", to chromium-browser. However, if she clicks a web link
> received by email (thunderbird), firefox is always launched. Also,
> clicking the generic "Web Browser" icon in the bottom panel launches
> firefox.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: xfwm4 4.8.1-1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Jun 8 15:36:45 2011
> InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: xfwm4
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> WORKAROUND:
> Xfce stores it at ~/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc
> There will be a key named WebBrowser. e.g: WebBrowser=firefox
>
> Using an editor, complete the following steps:
> 1. change preferred browser in Settings -> Preferred Applications
> 2. open a terminal, type
> cd ~/.config/xfce4/
> 3. type
> mousepad helpers.rc
> 4. find "WebBrowser=firefox"
> 5. change the line to read "WebBrowser=chromium-browser"
> 6. Save the file
> exit the terminal
>
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