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It seems this is an old problem that pops up once in a while.

See:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294375#c6
(and also, less so, here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273524)

People suggest turning off firefox “Check to see if default”, and use the GNOME “Preferred Application” in the Control Panel.

I think the icon problem is unrelated. Other apps, like xterm, seem to be missing default icons as well. :/

In the firefox release notes, there is the suggestion that:

If Firefox is installed to a location with spaces in the path, it may not be able to set itself as default browser and may keep prompting at startup. The work around is to install into a path without spaces.

Don’t think this applies. :)

http://codebrowse.launchpad.net/~mozillateam/firefox/ubuntu-2.0.0.x/annotate/asac%40jwsdot.com-20070607231312-duoej3vsn2pgp113?file_id=ubuntudisabledefault-20070404170332-aj5rzg2axkx9vwvv-27

I guess ubuntu had this disabled for a while (patch later removed?)

finally tracked down the missing icon and moved it.
reset ff flags to their provided defaults.
small tweak for x86_64 platform
disable gnome-vfs/ui for ff (stops annoying “can’t set default browser”)