Bug#494498: libgnome2-0: gnome-open doesn't honor the preferred browser, insists on launching epiphany

Sun Aug 10 07:37:48 UTC 2008

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:07:46 -0400, Dominique Brazziel wrote:
>     When clicking bug links in 'update-manager', epiphany is launched no
>     matter what I do
> to configure gnome preferences and alternatives.

Perhaps this is because your preferred browser preference is set for your 
user, but update-manager runs as root and so has a different set of 
preferences?

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