Under KDE firefox uses nautilus instead of dolphin to handle directories

[Uqbar]

1. Run firefox under kde
2. Download a file with it
3. Click the download icon
4. Right click on the download object
5. Ask to open the containing folder

I would expect the KDE file browser "dolphin" to open.

What instead happens the GNOME file browser "nautilus" is opened without the needed icons. (see screenshot).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: firefox 28.0+build2-0ubuntu2
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BuildID: 20140410211200
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Thu Apr 24 13:43:20 2014
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IwConfig:
 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 lo no wireless extensions.

 virbr0 no wireless extensions.
Plugins: Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
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Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=28.0/20140410211200
RfKill:

RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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[Uqbar (uqbar)]

Screenshot showing the opened nautilus without icons

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

Temporary fix:

sudo apt-get purge nautilus

Be warned, the above command will purge (thus remove completely) the nautilus file browser from your system.
If you, like me, are running KDE, then dolphin will do.

[> "Wetware Random Number Generator" (tnrng-purge-deactivatedaccount)]

Because doing `sudo apt-get purge nautilus` breaks `furiusisomount` and `ubuntu-desktop`, I rename `/usr/bin/nautilus` to `/usr/bin/nautilus.ubuntu` and create the following `/usr/local/bin/nautilus` script to keep Nautilus as the preferred file manager on Unity and Dolphin on KDE:

    #!/bin/bash
    if [ '$KDE_FULL_SESSION' == 'true' ]; then
      if [ '${1}' == '--no-desktop' ]; then shift; fi
      /usr/bin/dolphin "$@"
    else
      /usr/bin/nautilus.ubuntu "$@"
    fi

but I have repeat `mv /usr/bin/nautilus /usr/bin/nautilus.ubuntu` if the Nautilus package is updated.

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

If you run KDE you should be using "kubuntu-desktop" instead of "ubuntu-desktop", while "furiusisomount" should require dolphin instead of nautilus under KDE...
I think the problem here is about dependencies more than other stuff.

[Jorge Suárez de Lis (ys)]

I have tried the workaround from #5, but nautilus is still being opened! :(

Launching nautilus from the command line opens dolphin instead, but Firefox always launches nautilus. Weird, huh?

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

Jorge, I have another "workaround" that really works.
"apt get purge nautilus"
It worked for me with a "KDE native" environment.

[Jorge Suárez de Lis (ys)]

I can't remove it. long story short, I'm in a large network with multiple computers running Ubuntu, all with the same setup. I can't just uninstall Nautilus from one of them.

Fortunately, I tried again the workaround and it worked. I probably made something wrong the first time, sorry. The changes are being rolled out to all the computers over the network. I hope I won't break anything with it.

Thanks!

[> "Wetware Random Number Generator" (tnrng-purge-deactivatedaccount)]

Uqbar, I was using Ubuntu Precise + Kubuntu ppa at that time. That was the reason of using 'ubuntu-desktop' instead of 'kubuntu-desktop'. I installed it without removing 'ubuntu-desktop' using 'sudo apt-get install kde-full'. Now, in my new PC + ubuntu trusty + neon5 kf5-snapshot-weekly ppa, my old workaround works too.