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gnome-control-center package

Firefox handles empty URL incorrectly

Bug #173563 reported by Gabriel on 2007-12-03

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

step to reproduce:

1° set a keyboard shortcut:
System-->preferences-->Keyboards shortcuts-->Launch web browser --> Ctrl-Alt+I

2° press Ctrl+Alt+I

Expected result: a Firefox windows with the default firefox home page configured by the user. ( ie www.google.com )
Actual result : a Firefox windows with the user home folder.

This behaviour is due to the url handler configured in /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command as /usr/lib/firefox/firefox "%s" , so when firefox is started with a empty url ( "" ) the user home is presented to the user.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Dec 3 00:34:48 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: firefox 2.0.0.10+2nobinonly-0ubuntu1.7.10.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: firefox
Uname: Linux huepil 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

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Gabriel (gabriel-nobody) wrote on 2007-12-03:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ExtensionSummary.txt Edit (652 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
pluginreg.dat.txt Edit (3.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
profiles.ini.txt Edit (94 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote on 2007-12-04:

#2

this isn't a firefox bug. Maybe nautilus, maybe gnomevfs. Requesting proper reassignment.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2007-12-21:

#3

Thanks for your report, that works fine for me with Gutsy and Hardy and tested it with firefox and epiphany. Did you tried to reproduce this with a new user account created on your system?

Changed in gnome-control-center:
assignee:	nobody → desktop-bugs
status:	New → Incomplete

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Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) wrote on 2007-12-21:

#4

i couldn't reproduce this, firefox opens with the homepage configured by me, are you absolutely sure you set the homepage in the firefox preferences?

thanks

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2008-02-09:

#5

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in gnome-control-center:
status:	Incomplete → Invalid

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