ubuntu-bug does not open a browser under unity8 session

[Alistair Buxton]

To reproduce:

1. Have a mobile device wth ubuntu touch.
2. Plug in a USB keyboard and mouse, activating desktop mode.
3. Open a terminal and run "ubuntu-bug apport" (or any package you like.)

Expected result:

A browser window should open allowing the user to report the bug.

Actual result:

apport asks a series of questions in the terminal, finally asking the user if they want to launch a browser. Choosing to launch the browser causes apport to exit. No browser window is opened and the bug is not reported.

[Udara Madubhashana (udara)]

I can confirm this under Budgie Desktop & Ubuntu 16.10, Apport does not open web browser after click the continue button on Apport Bug report.
Same thing when running terminal and when submitting it manually using .crash file.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Luca Ciavatta (cialu)]

I can confirm on Ubuntu 16.10.

[Michael (3-ueuntu-4)]

I've this as well under Ubuntu 16.04 and Gnome3 flashback + compiz.

[Michael (3-ueuntu-4)]

Don't sure whether its related, but a quick strace reveals:

open("_usr_bin_nautilus.1000.upload", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND|O_CLOEXEC, 0666) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
lseek(3, 0, SEEK_END) = 0
ioctl(3, TCGETS, 0x7ffdc2c35a80) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0
ioctl(3, TCGETS, 0x7ffdc2c35a20) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0
lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0
close(3) = 0

This file is left empty. TCGETS seems to be terminal settings?