On Monday 11 January 2016 17:42:05 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 11 January 2016 09:55:52 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Monday 11 January 2016 13:29:28 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > I just ran iceweasel to check, it /thinks/ its the default! �But
> > > in /etc/alternatives www-browser -> lynx
> > > and x-www-browser -> vivaldi
> > >
> > > And, there is no reference to iceweasel anyplace in
> > > /etc/alternatives...
> >
> > I can vouch that once you have made the mistake of setting Iceweasel
> > as default browser you can't undo it.  See below:
> >
> > "The way to 'undo' Firefox being the default browser is always to set
> > another browser as the default browser."
> >
> > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/980646
> >
> > But that only works if the browser you want to choose allows it!
> > Chrome says it doesn't and Konqueror seems not to.
> >
> > But in practice, the fact that Iceweasel now thinks that it is my
> > default browser (I set it to default to find out for Gene's benefit
> > how to unset it) doesn't seem to have much effect.  If it does start
> > to have an effect, I shall uninstall it, its conf. files, its hidden
> > files etc. and reinstall it. I can only advise you to do the same,
> > Gene - and next time I want to try something out for a similar reason
> > I shan't risk doing it on my desktop machine.  I couldn't believe that
> > "Set as Default" couldn't just be _undone_ if one wanted!!!  So I set
> > it as default in order to unset it - and am stuck.
> >
> > So, Gene:  Uninstall Iceweasel.  Nuke Mozilla and Iceweasel from your
> > machine, every last scrap.  And if you have a reason why you really
> > want Iceweasel, reinstall it *from* *the* *repositories*.
> >
> > Lisi
>
> I looked at that, but it takes a lot of stuff with it.  And I'm not 110%
> sure it would put them back on a reinstall.

Don't let it.  Or reinstall them afterwards yourself - keep a list.  Who is 
master?  You or Iceweasel?? ;-)

But is it actually doing any harm now?

Lisi