Closed Bug 1143404 Opened 9 years ago Closed 5 years ago

Inconsistent behavior of making Firefox the default browser

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

36 Branch
x86_64
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: sworddragon2, Unassigned)

References

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0
Build ID: 20150306140302

Steps to reproduce:

1. Make sure you can reproduce #1143402.
2. In the same menu click on "Make Default".


Actual results:

Mostly nothing happens but rarely Firefox sets itself in this menu to the default browser. But after a restart the behavior of #1143402 is seen again.


Expected results:

A click on "Make Default" should not have more or less random effects.


Additional information:

I don't know if this bug is directly caused by #1143402 or if it is an own bug. Maybe #1143402 needs to be fixed first and this bug needs then to be rechecked.
Depends on: 1143402
Component: Untriaged → General
I can confirm.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 15.04
Release:        15.04
Codename:       vivid
Linux s440 3.19.0-31-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 7 15:04:02 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Similar to issue https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1218174

Also found in the "wild"
http://askubuntu.com/questions/100768/why-do-firefox-preferred-applications-and-x-www-browser-disagree-on-default-bro
Theo, do you encounter this?
Flags: needinfo?(theo)

2019-03-06

This bug is part of a group of bugs which have had an open needinfo for at least 12 weeks.

The request for information has not been answered, and we can't move forward on the bug so we are closing it.

If the defect is still present, please reopen this bug with an updated report.

Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 5 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
Flags: needinfo?(theo)
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