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. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett Or use another browser. https://wiki.debian.org/WebBrowsers It doesn't do any harm Iceweasel thinking it is default if nothing else agrees and the system is not using it as default. But that is a nasty trick, refusing to be unset like that. Worthy of M$ and Apple. Unworthy of an Open source program. Lisi