From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 9779@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9779: No usable browser found on Lubuntu
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:04:10 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d3duwtzj.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y5wi3i0s.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:55:03 +0300")
> Some relevant environment variables when logged in as "Lubuntu":
>
> DESKTOP_SESSION=Lubuntu
> XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=LXDE
>
> Some relevant environment variables when logged in as "LXDE":
>
> DESKTOP_SESSION=LXDE
> XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=LXDE
>
> The value of "DESKTOP_SESSION" looks like an arbitrary name of the
> current session (the same string as displayed on the Login menu).
>
> It seems that "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" is the most reliable variable
> to determine whether the current desktop is LXDE.
I discovered that /usr/bin/xdg-open contains the following function:
# Checks for known desktop environments
# set variable DE to the desktop environments name, lowercase
detectDE()
{
if [ x"$KDE_FULL_SESSION" = x"true" ]; then DE=kde;
elif [ x"$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" != x"" ]; then DE=gnome;
elif `dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.GetNameOwner string:org.gnome.SessionManager > /dev/null 2>&1` ; then DE=gnome;
elif xprop -root _DT_SAVE_MODE 2> /dev/null | grep ' = \"xfce4\"$' >/dev/null 2>&1; then DE=xfce;
elif [ x"$DESKTOP_SESSION" = x"LXDE" ]; then DE=lxde;
else DE=""
fi
}
But actually checking for "DESKTOP_SESSION" fails when logged in as "Lubuntu".
So we have two options: implement the same checks (using "DESKTOP_SESSION")
or check for "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" that is more reliable than "DESKTOP_SESSION".
Another problem is that when all checks fail in /usr/bin/xdg-open,
it falls back to `open_generic'. But `browse-url-can-use-xdg-open'
doesn't take into account the case of using `open_generic' in /usr/bin/xdg-open.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-18 9:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-17 23:14 bug#9779: No usable browser found on Lubuntu Juri Linkov
2011-10-18 1:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-18 6:55 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-18 8:12 ` Lawrence Mitchell
2011-10-18 9:09 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-18 9:53 ` Jan Djärv
2011-10-18 9:04 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2011-10-18 10:06 ` Jan Djärv
2011-10-18 9:58 ` Jan Djärv
2011-10-19 9:12 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-19 14:52 ` Jan Djärv
2011-10-19 22:42 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-18 13:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-18 5:37 ` Jan Djärv
2011-10-18 6:57 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-18 13:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-19 9:10 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-20 14:47 ` Nix
2011-10-20 18:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-20 20:08 ` Nix
2011-10-21 11:25 ` Richard Stallman
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