Bug#465265: closed by "Frank S. Thomas" <fst at debian.org> (Re: Bug#465265: boincmgr: Opens terminal session instead of web browser.)

[Frank S. Thomas]

On Friday 22 February 2008 19:55, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> I set BROWSER=/usr/bin/iceweasel
> It was not set (who/what is supposed to set this?)

It is not required to set this, but some programs, sensible-browser for 
example, respect it when it is set.

> Then entering the command  "sensible-browser" at the
> command prompt in a gnome-terminal window opens an
> Iceweasel session. If I give it a URL as an arg it will
> open the web page when Iceweasel starts.

Good, that's normal behavior and I expected it.

> But, when I start BOINC Manager and then select eg.
> "Your account" it still opens a gnome-terminal window
> instead of the browser.

Ok, now please try this again, but this time start the BOINC Manager in a 
gnome-terminal window like this:
  $ BROWSER=iceweasel boincmgr

Does it use Iceweasel as browser now?

Cheers,
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