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| Thread ID: 52132 | 2004-12-10 08:52:00 | Changing Defualt Browser in Mandrake Linux | dwnz2003 (5250) | Press F1 |
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| 301711 | 2004-12-10 08:52:00 | Hey, I have Mandrake Linux 9.2, and have downloaded FireFox 1. How do i make it my defualt browser? because the one that is, is reaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllly bad (its not konquer, its something else) Cheers Daniel |
dwnz2003 (5250) | ||
| 301712 | 2004-12-10 09:58:00 | You may have to change the file associations or maybe Mandrake has a nice little control box to do this all for you. This question screams out to be RTFM'd; you're lucky that this forum is so nice. |
Caesius (3758) | ||
| 301713 | 2004-12-10 18:56:00 | I'm curious because i'm running mandrake10, and the default browser is konqueror. Just what is the default browse in 9.2? In manndrake 10, if you wish to choose the graphical approach, file associations can be done through konqueror itself. Settings > Configure konqueror .... a pop up window opens, and one can clearly navigate to file associations You can also get to the same, or atleast a very similar menu, thus: system > Configuration > KDE > components > file associations These associations only effect the user who makes the changes :-) Chris |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 301714 | 2004-12-10 19:10:00 | Heres the KDE menu way: www.millerton.co.nz and heres the konqueror way www.millerton.co.nz please excuse my messy desktop :-) Chris |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 301715 | 2004-12-10 20:55:00 | 9.2 comes with the defualt as Konqueror, but i find it slow to open, so i use firefox. But when i open things out of emails ect, it loads Galeon (Which i hate.) I will have alook at those pics now. Daniel |
dwnz2003 (5250) | ||
| 301716 | 2004-12-10 21:09:00 | Ok, i made it so that it opens html files in Firefox, but i need it for everything. Mabye its because i use evolution mail, could that have anything to do with it? Daniel |
dwnz2003 (5250) | ||
| 301717 | 2004-12-10 21:37:00 | I think its unlikely that using evolution as your email client is going to be a problem in itself. Unfortunatly im not 100% sure what the problem is even though you say "but i need it for everything". if you have associated .html with firefox, then unless specified by another action, any *.html file should open in firefox. You may need to associate other file types such as .htm, .php and so forth. Perhaps also image files such as .jpg Computers of course have a habit of doing exactly as we tell them (nomatter how silly the instructions turn out to be) which is why a *.png filelink i was sent via a IM program last night was proudly opened in the GIMP, which then attempted to upload the changes when the GIMP was finally closed |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 301718 | 2004-12-10 21:45:00 | :8} big oops...... i just tried evolution out, and decided to check the my weather link offered in the summary, and much to my horror, the link was opened with a Epiphany... :-) Chris |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 301719 | 2004-12-10 22:32:00 | OK, finally.. got it right... Its a similar deal, but best done in gnome From the apps menu system > configuration > gnome > Gnome control center > preferred applications. This is where you change what will be opened by evolution and other gnomish applications. i took some pretty pictures... will have them up in 5 :-) Chris |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 301720 | 2004-12-10 22:47:00 | In gnome go here: millerton.co.nz which will let you get here: www.millerton.co.nz This will let you make the changes you need :-) Chris |
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