[Techtalk] Default browser for Kmail

[Tabatha Persad]

Hi Robyn,

Thanks for the info... Actually I erred when I said using KDE 2.2.1, 
since I actually use Gnome, it's just what came up when I clicked on 
"about" in Kmail!  I found my GDM and found the equivalent control 
center (right clicked on desktop and made like I was changing my 
background) and it was under "URL Handlers".  

I made the default 'mozilla "%u"' as you suggested (the quotes were 
following the existing formats there), and now the links in my email 
open a browser window and display the link - Success!!!

The weird thing - it still opens Konqueror, not Mozilla!

Hm, am I to "tinker" and get myself in trouble, or just thank my 
lucky stars and get on with my life? hehehe

Thanks for your help - it did do the trick!

Tab

On Saturday 15 June 2002 08:25, Robyn Manning wrote:
> Hi
>
> If you open the KDE Control Centre and go to File Browsing, File
> Associations, text, html and in the Application Preference Order
> add mozilla %u and move it to the top of the list.

> On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 15:19, Tabatha Persad wrote:
> > Hi there everyone,
> >
> > I am having some difficulty opening links in Kmail.  It seems
> > that when I've first logged on, it'll open one or two, and then
> > it doesn't want to anymore.  A small window pops up with a
> > loading - progress window, but at that point, no browser window
> > opens.
> >
> > I did a ps -aux and found that I had about 6 konqueror-sessions
> > running, so I killed them, and when I click on a link, it says
> > along the status bar of Kmail that it's opening URL, but again,
> > nothing happens, and there is now no processes running for
> > Konqueror.  I even tried exiting Kmail and restarting it but of
> > course that didn't work.
> >
> > Usually the browser of choice has automatically defaulted to
> > Konqueror.  I went into the Kmail settings and could not find
> > anything on choosing a default browser.  I can't figure out
> > either why the sessions get stuck in the first place.  (I run
> > Kmail 1.3.1 using KDE 2.2.1 in Mandrake 8.1).
> >
> > I wondered if anyone might know the solution to making Konqueror,
> > or even Mozilla open when a link from email is clicked on, or
> > what might be preventing the browser from opening.  I'm hoping
> > this isn't one of those right-under-your-nose ones, but what the
> > heck, HELP! hehehe

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