When I try to access a website via the Manager I get an error message informing me The Manager tried to open the website but couldn't find a web browser. Provide your standard browser by indicating its path and restart BOINC manager. BTW, I'm translating from Dutch so my translation may be a bit off but I think you get the general idea. However, it does not say WHERE I should provide the location of my standard browser! So how do I add the location of my browser (/home/[user]/Documents/firefox/firefox)?

Make sure your operating system knows how to handle the default browser.
In Windows, this is done through Add/Remove Programs, Set Program Access and Defaults. (Of in het Nederlands: Software, Promgramma toegang en instellingen.)

Set Firefox as the default browser.

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From his comment about /home/[user]/Documents/firefox/firefox, I guess it's not Windows.

Probably not, but it's the only way I know how to do it in. ;-)
I gave it as an example.

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More info on the OS? If we know what OS we may be able to explain a solution. i had a similar problem on a Linux machine before and if your on a similar distro i may be able to dig up what i did.

More info on the OS? If we know what OS we may be able to explain a solution. i had a similar problem on a Linux machine before and if your on a similar distro i may be able to dig up what i did.

SuSe Linux, KDE 3.2, sometimes 3.1)
Just added Firefox as default browser for html-files, but that doesn't change anything.

From http://kb.mozillazine.org/Setting_Your_Default_Browser:

KDE

* Open kcontrol (KDE configuration center).
* Go to "Components -> Components chooser -> Web browser".
* Check "The following browser", and type in "firefox" ("mozilla" for Mozilla).

If you don't notice the "Web browser" component:

* Go to "Components -> File association -> text -> html".
* Select "Add..." under "Application Preference Order".
* Write the command firefox %U (mozilla %U for Mozilla) and select OK. You need "%U" so you can load URLs that are non-local files.

also:

You would normally set a default browser using the the options or preference settings within the web browser. For example,

* Firefox1.5: " Tools -> Options ->General -> Default Browser -> Check Now"
* Firefox 2.0: "Tools -> Options -> Main -> System Defaults -> Check in box -> Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup -> check now"

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I've been working on this one for a while too. Thanks Ageless but your suggestions about KDE control center did not work for me. Did that work for anybody?

The errror message from BOINC says set the BROWSER environment variable to the browser's path. I take that suggestion literally. Consulting Linux Bible 2005 Edition by Chris Negus (Wiley Publishing Inc.), page 54, I see environment variables can be set in /etc/bashrc. The statement to add to bashrc would be of the form...

BROWSER=<browser path>

OK, seems simple enough. Log in as root, open /etc/bashrc in a text editor and add the line. Trouble is, I can't figure out what the path to my Firefox browser is. I'm using 64 bit Fedora Core 5. I've discovered various Firefox thingys in various directories and I know how to specify a path but none of the "paths" I've put in bashrc do the trick. I've logged out/in for each attempt.

Im using Kubuntu 6.10 and don't have a FC machine so i don't think i can help you with this one sorry :(

Im using Kubuntu 6.10 and don't have a FC machine so i don't think i can help you with this one sorry :(

Kubuntu might use /etc/bashrc too. Clownius, could you be a sweetheart and see if you have /etc/bashrc? If you do then maybe see if you have something like...

BROWSER=<browser path>
export BROWSER

Yesterday I thought only the first statement is required. Today I discovered the "export BROWSER" statement is also required.

BROWSER=<browser path>
export BROWSER

Yesterday I thought only the first statement is required. Today I discovered the "export BROWSER" statement is also required.

export BROWSER=<browser path>
will work too ;)