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