Bug#264411: gconf2: reported browser is not the one set by Preferred Applications setting

[Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)]

Package: gconf2
Version: 2.6.3-1
Severity: normal

Hi,

I have set galeon as the browser in "Preferred Application" of the
control center.

But when I click an url in balsa, it opens always epiphany, regardless this
setting. If I right click the url I got a choice for an editor.

Using the gconf editor, I have had a look at what is set as the browser in:
Application -> Desktop preferences -> System tools -> Gconf Configuration 
editor 

Then desktop -> gnome -> applications -> browsers

There I've found a key with: "exec  sensible browser"

Trying to edit this key switched it from "text" to "boolean" type.

If this key is used by gnome_show_url() this can explain why I cannot get the
right browser.

Maybe this bug should be merged with the one I've opened against 
gnome-control-center: Bug#264376


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Regards
		- Jean-Luc

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (10001, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-k6-8
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro

Versions of packages gconf2 depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                 1.6.1-2.1    The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.6.3-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.4.5-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.4.4-2      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2                   1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.4.1-1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                    1.7-4        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libxml2                     2.6.11-3     GNOME XML library
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1.1-5  compression library - runtime

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