[Bug 472219] New: Can not open HTTP links from Pidgin (IM software)
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219 Summary: Can not open HTTP links from Pidgin (IM software) Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Other AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: andrew@joako.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008121300 SUSE/3.0.5-1.1 Firefox/3.0.5 Pidgin is a very popular, high-quality, instant message program. IMO it is the best one that ships on the openSUSE disc. The default configuration of this program does not permit HTTP URLs from being opened in a web browser Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Pidgin from YaST2 -> Software management (no idea why only the inferior Konversation is installed by default) 2. Open Pidgin and setup account, etc. 3. Receive message with an HTTP URL. Click the blue underlined text. Actual Results: Error message is shown, It reads: Unable to open URL The browser command "mozilla 'http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/reo/1000744527.html'" is invalid. Expected Results: The clicked URL should open in a web browser. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219 User sbrabec@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219#c1 Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO CC| |sbrabec@novell.com Info Provider| |andrew@joako.net --- Comment #1 from Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@novell.com> 2009-02-18 08:24:09 MST --- I cannot reproduce. With a fresh installation and fresh home directory, it starts firefox. Did you install openSUSE 11.1 with a clean home directory? If not, did you configure your web browser?: Pidgin main window -> Tools -> Preferences -> Network -> Configure Browser -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219 User sbrabec@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219#c2 --- Comment #2 from Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@novell.com> 2009-02-18 08:38:10 MST --- Actually, this menu calls gnome-default-applications-properties, but pidgin package does not require it. Setting weak dependecy (Recommends). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219 User andrew@joako.net added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219#c3 Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|andrew@joako.net | --- Comment #3 from Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> 2009-02-18 11:25:43 MST --- I did *NOT* configure the browser. It should load a browser without any configuring. Also, I use KDE, not gnome. After manually setting the browser to firefox, it does open links correctly. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219 User cyhan@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219#c4 Chuanye Han <cyhan@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO CC| |cyhan@novell.com Info Provider| |andrew@joako.net --- Comment #4 from Chuanye Han <cyhan@novell.com> 2009-02-22 19:50:00 MST --- So HTTP links can be opened after setting the browser to firefox manually(Pidgin main window -> Tools -> Preferences -> Network -> Configure Browser). Andreas, could you please agree on closing the bug now? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219 User sbrabec@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219#c5 --- Comment #5 from Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@novell.com> 2009-02-25 04:00:24 MST --- I have already found a real problem: In GNOME, you need gnome-default-applications-properties. In non-GNOME, pidgin presents a different dialog to configure browser. The non-GNOME dialog defaults to mozilla on first run (and this value is saved in user preferences). Correct fix: Set default browser to xdg-open (easy to do) Tweaking existing used configuration is a worse problem - it must check, whether selected browser exists. If not, reset to default and try again. I am not implementing this part: Users that already run pidgin have to reset to xdg-open (or browser they want) manually. Note: The browser was set to mozilla even in pidgin correctly started firefox in GNOME. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219 Chuanye Han <cyhan@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|andrew@joako.net | AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo. |ovo.novell.com |novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219 User sbrabec@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472219#c6 Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #6 from Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@novell.com> 2009-03-04 06:37:56 MST --- Easy fix mentioned above was submitted to SLE11 and Factory. Not going to implement the config-validate patch, as it would add another additional complication to several hundreds of code lines already handling browser open. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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