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el_gallo_azul's avatar
el_gallo_azul
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

Linux panel icon "Launch Dropbox Website" opens the Signal application, and not a web browser.

I suppose if I want to see my Dropbox website, I'll have to do it manually.
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  • el_gallo_azul's avatar
    el_gallo_azul
    4 years ago

    el_gallo_azul@W2600CR-850Pro:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
    brave-browser.desktop

     

    el_gallo_azul@W2600CR-850Pro:~$ xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler http

    brave-browser.desktop

     

    el_gallo_azul@W2600CR-850Pro:~$ xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler https
    brave-browser.desktop

     

    el_gallo_azul@W2600CR-850Pro:~$ xdg-open file:/mnt/InternalHDD/Home-HDD/Downloads/20211102\ HTML\ page\ for\ Dropbox\ check/smartURL\ -\ Create
    gvfs-open: file:/mnt/InternalHDD/Home-HDD/Downloads/20211102 HTML page for Dropbox check/smartURL - Create: error opening location: Error when getting information for file '/mnt/InternalHDD/Home-HDD/Downloads/20211102 HTML page for Dropbox check/smartURL - Create': No such file or directory

     

    el_gallo_azul@W2600CR-850Pro:~$ sudo xdg-open file:/mnt/InternalHDD/Home-HDD/Downloads/20211102\ HTML\ page\ for\ Dropbox\ check/smartURL\ -\ Create
    [sudo] password for el_gallo_azul:
    [32460:32460:1102/105801.508281:ERROR:zygote_host_impl_linux.cc(90)] Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. See https://crbug.com/638180.

     

    I'm afraid I don't know enough about Linux CLI to understand your sentence, "If need, change the default application for the HTML file using Properties in Nautilus and try 'xdg-open' again."

     

    <fiddles about a bit>

     

    Ah-ha!

     

    I've just set "Brave Web Browser" as default here as well.

     

Jay's avatar
Jay
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Hi el_gallo_azul, thanks for messaging the Community!

The option to open the site should open a browser on your machine.

Is it possible that you have your OS set up to open certain links within the Signal app by default? Are you able to reset those settings on your device?

 

llazarte, the tmp file is created by Dropbox to be opened in a browser and then open the site. Is your OS preventing the creation of that file?

Keep me updated with any progress!

llazarte's avatar
llazarte
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

Hi Jay,

Thanks for your reply.

1. Yes, the option to open the site opens a browser tab.

2. I don't know when Dropbox creates this temporary file. It was working and now it isn't so I don't think the OS (Ubuntu) is preventing the creation of this file. Anyway, I will explore this possibility.

3. Do you think that reinstalling Dropbox could solve this issue? (I am afraid of messing up which is already working)

Thanks again,

Leonardo

 

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