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I just reinstalled Firefox for reasons unrelated to sabnzbd. I'm using Linux Mint 12.04. I set Firefox as the default browser and verified that it was, in fact, the default browser. Nevertheless, sabnzbd opened in Chrome. So I uninstalled Chrome and sabnzbd opened in Opera. So I reinstalled sabnzbd. It still insists on opening in Opera... anything but Firefox. I really need it to work in Firefox but can't get it to open there.

I tried http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd and get this error: "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080".

I tried http://[::1]:8080 and got this error: "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at [::1]:8080"

I set "network.dns.disableIPv6" to false in Firefox. Still doesn't work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The operating system determines what the default browser is.
SABnzbd just tells the OS, "open this with the default browser".
You may need the one-time commandline option --no_ipv6

Thanks shypike. That doesn't seem to to work. Here's the only way I can get Firefox to load sabnzbd:

Step 1: Run the following command from the terminal (or a shortcut): This opens sabnzbd in Opera, even though Firefox is set as the default browser.

Step 2: Leave Opera open with sabnzbd loaded. In Firefox go to: Sabnzbd will now load just fine in Firefox - but only if I start it in Opera first.

Step 3: Close Opera and use sabnzbd in Firefox as usual.

I have to go through this routine every time I load sabnzbd. It seems that sabnzbd isn't being started by the "http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd" command. It doesn't start in Opera using that command either... it only starts in Opera via the "sabnzbdplus --browser 1" command. Is there a command I can use in the terminal that will force sabnzbd to launch in Firefox instead of using "--browser 1"? Any ideas about what might be causing this?

Try this: Note that preferred/default applications at system level may differ from those set at the window manager level.