From: nomail@hotmail.com   
      
   On 11/14/25 12:59, Paul wrote:   
   > On Fri, 11/14/2025 2:56 AM, Edmund wrote:   
   >> On 11/13/25 22:46, Paul wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 11/13/2025 1:43 PM, Edmund wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Don't explain it away   
   >>>> It's very annoying.   
   >>>   
   >>> Edmund, what I provided you with, is a "success case".   
   >>>   
   >>> Now, study it with whatever browser you are trying   
   >>> to get registered, and see what aspect of the   
   >>> browser package was not prepared properly by its source.   
   >>>   
   >>> Not everything in the Mint tree is "manufactured by Clem".   
   >>> Some items come in, under contract. Raising a bug, means   
   >>> the bug gets routed to the outfit making the package.   
   >>>   
   >>> This is why I tested the "not worth using" browsers first.   
   >>> To discover whether any of them work, then, if one is   
   >>> found that works, figure out WHY it worked, and WHY   
   >>> your non-working one doesn't have the same files.   
   >>>   
   >>>      Paul   
   >>   
   >> Well if it works on some systems with some browsers, the problem is even   
   worse.   
   >> It seems! there are several ways to make a browser default and no matter   
   what way is used, - setting default browser in the menu is most obvious-   
   >> it should result in setting the default browser but it does not!   
   >> A workaround is opening a HTML file and select the browser you want.   
   >>   
   >> Not being able to simply save a webpage anymore is more annoying.   
   >> I know I saved webpages before without a problem.   
   >   
   > Which browser in your setup, cannot be selected ?   
   >   
   > Is it a browser installed via PPA or is the browser   
   > in the tree already?   
   >   
   > You could mention the browser version if you like, just   
   > so I can see whether mine is the same.   
   >   
   > Even though visually, selecting a browser from a menu seems   
   > blindingly obvious, my first suspicion as a cynic is the   
   > "browser isn't a browser unless the .desktop says it is a browser"   
   > and the problem is a "papers, please" type problem. A bureaucratic   
   > issue rather than another kind of issue.   
   >   
   > Use the "top" command and MAKE SURE no browsers are already running   
   > when you use the menu. This is to rule out the possibility a running   
   > browser is watching what you are doing, and changing the setting   
   > back. There have been settings wars before on Windows, where   
   > they play those sorts of tricks.   
   >   
   >     Paul   
      
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   Proxmox :-(   
      
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