Bug#612720: gnome-core: clicking a link doesn't bring up preffered browser

[macarthur]

Package: gnome-core
Version: 1:2.30+7
Severity: normal

Upon clicking a link in pidgin the browser opened is seemingly taken at random.
At first it was chromium(not my default nor preffered) then once i uninstalled
that, it was ephiphany, after i uninstalled that it was iceweasle. It is as if
it cannot run the command i told it to open up firefox as it should but it
won't for whatever reason work with me.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii  desktop-base             6.0.5           common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  dmz-cursor-theme         0.4.3           Style neutral, scalable cursor the
ii  eog                      2.30.2-1        Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr
ii  evince                   2.30.3-2        Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer
ii  evolution                2.30.3-5        groupware suite with mail client a
ii  evolution-data-server    2.30.3-2        evolution database backend server
ii  file-roller              2.30.2-2        an archive manager for GNOME
ii  gedit                    2.30.4-2        official text editor of the GNOME 
ii  gnome-about              2.30.2-2        The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-applets            2.30.0-3        Various applets for the GNOME pane
ii  gnome-control-center     1:2.30.1-2      utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-disk-utility       2.30.1-2        manage and configure disk drives a
ii  gnome-icon-theme         2.30.3-2        GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-keyring            2.30.3-5        GNOME keyring services (daemon and
ii  gnome-menus              2.30.3-1        an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-panel              2.30.2-3        launcher and docking facility for 
ii  gnome-power-manager      2.32.0-2        power management tool for the GNOM
ii  gnome-screensaver        2.30.0-3        GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  gnome-session            2.30.2-3        The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 
ii  gnome-settings-daemon    2.30.2-2        daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  gnome-terminal           2.30.2-1        The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii  gnome-themes             2.30.2-1        official themes for the GNOME desk
ii  gnome-user-guide         2.30.1-1        GNOME user's guide
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa       0.10.30-1       GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ba 0.10.30-1       GStreamer plugins from the "base" 
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-go 0.10.24-1       GStreamer plugins from the "good" 
ii  gtk2-engines             1:2.20.1-1      theme engines for GTK+ 2.x
ii  gvfs                     1.6.4-3         userspace virtual filesystem - ser
ii  gvfs-backends            1.6.4-3         userspace virtual filesystem - bac
ii  iceweasel [gnome-www-bro 3.5.16-4        Web browser based on Firefox
ii  metacity                 1:2.30.1-3      lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  nautilus                 2.30.1-2        file manager and graphical shell f
ii  policykit-1-gnome        0.96-3          GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii  totem                    2.30.2-6        A simple media player for the GNOM
ii  yelp                     2.30.1+webkit-1 Help browser for GNOME

gnome-core recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-core suggests:
pn  gnome-desktop-environment     <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information