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[James Cuzella <TrinitronX@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was able to fix this issue by adding 'google-chrome.desktop' to the
cooresponding file associations in this file:
~.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

More detailed information on how to edit this file can be found here:
http://www.johannes-eva.net/change-the-default-application-ubuntu-linux

Here is my version:

--------------------BEGIN FILE-----------------------------

[Added Associations]
application/xml=gedit.desktop;
application/x-php=gedit.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop;

[Default Applications]
x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/ftp=firefox.desktop
x-scheme-handler/chrome=firefox.desktop
text/html=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-htm=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-html=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-shtml=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop;
application/xhtml+xml=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-xhtml=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-xht=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop;
--------------------  END FILE-----------------------------

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/776393

Title:
  Can't make Chromium my default web browser

Status in Chromium Browser:
  Unknown
Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “chromium-browser” source package in Natty:
  Triaged
Status in “chromium-browser” source package in Oneiric:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: chromium-browser

  Every time I start Chromium it says it's not the default browser and
  asks if I want to make it so, and every time I say "yes", but that has
  no effect.  Neither does going to Preferences -> Basic -> Default
  Browser and clicking on the "Make Chromium My Default Browser" button.
  My default browser remains set to Firefox :-(.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: chromium-browser 11.0.696.57~r82915-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue May  3 14:33:00 2011
  Desktop-Session:
   DESKTOP_SESSION = gnome
   XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/xdg-gnome:/etc/xdg
   XDG_DATA_DIRS = /usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
  Env:
   MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh
  SourcePackage: chromium-browser
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-03 (0 days ago)
  chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""