[Bug 670128] [NEW] gnome-open uses firefox while it's not the preferred browser

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Chromium is set as prefered browser, but firefox opens.

$ gconftool --get /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command
/usr/bin/chromium-browser %s

[Workaround]
Run:
  xdg-mime default chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/http
  xdg-mime default chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/https

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libgnome2-0 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.36-1.7-generic-pae 2.6.36
Uname: Linux 2.6.36-1-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov  2 22:13:37 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libgnome

** Affects: chromium-browser
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Michael Terry (mterry)
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: xdg-utils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Natty)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Natty)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Michael Terry (mterry)
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: xdg-utils (Ubuntu Natty)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: xdg-utils (Fedora)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown


** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty
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gnome-open uses firefox while it's not the preferred browser
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670128
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