Has anyone been able to make GNU Icecat the "really default" web-browser of gNewSense? It just bothers me to not be able to make it work, Epiphany keeps as the default browser of the system, i have also tried some dirty tricks like symlinkng Icecat with /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser after deleting Epiphany, editing gconf-editor, changing the name icecat for epiphany and other thing that i can't remember. But it just doesn't work right. Icecat refuses to open the shortcuts on the desktop even if i make it the default browser in System > Preferred Applications.

Any help and/or suggestions?

Check this out: http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Documentation/IceCat

Thanks but i already read that documentation and it my problem doesn't appear there.

Hello rafu83. I just reinstalled gNewSense, followed the directions in the wiki for the installation of IceCat, and everything worked out perfectly. Perhaps you might have missed a step? :) Just a thought!

System > Preferred Applications worked for me using a command line of "icecat %s

OK, i understand that some things work, but when y create a shortcut to the desktop, and when i open it, it opens with Epiphany. I uninstalled Epiphany to see if the problem got solved but this time the shortcut i made whit Icecat opened with gedit.

The rest of the things seams to work just OK, it's just the shortcut thing bothering me.

Thanks for the response BTW

• SOLVED **

OK here is what i did:

I removed Epiphany completely, then i did:

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/icecat.desktop

and put this in the file:

[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Encoding=UTF-8 Name=GNU Icecat GenericName=Web Browser Comment=Browse the web TryExec=icecat Exec=icecat %u Terminal=false MimeType=text/html Categories=Application;Network;WebBrowser; NotShowIn=GNOME; Icon=icecat.png XClassHintResName=Icecat

Saved and closed it. Then i edited:

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache

and changed

text/html=lynx.desktop

for

text/html=icecat.desktop

And now i can open the weblinks in my desktop with GNU Icecat

P.S.

This could be included in the "How to Install and Modify GNU IceCat"

Well, you figured out how to do it. It might hence be best you added it to the docu yourself.

There's a much easier way of doing this.

Go to System -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications.

Instead of Epiphany, select Custom for the web browser. In the text box, type

icecat %s

All done.

thanks rusty, worked perfectly

for me it worked for "/usr/local/icecat-3.5.3-x86/icecat %s" aka my installation folder binaries

and without removing anything

but i couldn't have done it without reading your instructions. (don't know how to edit a posted message instead of posting more)