BOINC Manager Browser

[Mike Mitchell]

Does anyone know how to make the BOINC Manager open Firefox in Kubuntu 9.04? Firefox is the default browser but Konqueror is still opened, which I would prefer didn't open. :furious:

[clownius]

This is a constant issue i havent found a repeatable solution too.  Sometimes it works but often it doesnt and i cant explain why....

[Mike Mitchell]

That sucks and blows! If I get the energy or annoyed enough, I'll pop over to the BOINC forum and lodge a complaint. 

[clownius]

From memory and mines terrible its a Linux issue. You need to somehow determine your default program and that method varies by display manger/distro.  One of those too many flavors issues. But my memory is shot lol.

[kashi]

I don't currently have a working computer with Kubuntu but perhaps try this:

Menu -> Tools -> System Tools -> Control Centre

And then in there select:

KDE Components -> Component Chooser -> Web Browser

And then for "Open http and https URLs" select:

"in the following browser"

Either click on the "..." to select Firefox from the menus, or type in the name of the browser (e.g. mozilla, firefox, opera, etc.) in the textbox.

[Dingo]

If you have a file called /etc/profile you can add this and BOINC should open firefox. Make a copy od the original just in case it does not work

Add the following in the file

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#Set Browser to Firefox
BROWSER="/usr/bin/firefox"   # CHANGE THIS TO THE LOCATION WHERE FIRFOX IS ON YOUR SYSTEM
export BROWSER



[Mike Mitchell]

Thanks Dingo, I was really hoping that would work. The idea seemed sound but, alas, no change even after rebooting the machine. Plus one for the idea.

edit: Ignore the first part, I had a typo in the script. All is well and working now. Thanks for that Dingo, it is a big help.