open link in browser from evolution does not open Firefox after upgrade

[René Brandenburger]

after upgrade to firefox beta 5, clicking on a link in evolution does not open the link in firefox anymore,
evolution says

(evolution:32333): evolution-mail-WARNING **: gnome_url_show: Fehler beim Ausführen des mit diesem Speicherorts verknüpften Befehls der Vorgabeaktion.

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch)
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy

apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installiert:3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Mögliche Pakete:3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

apt-cache policy evolution
evolution:
  Installiert:2.22.0-0ubuntu2
  Mögliche Pakete:2.22.0-0ubuntu2
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 2.22.0-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Can you please check system>preffered apps and tell me what email client is set and what browser is set?

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

What is this in English
"(evolution:32333): evolution-mail-WARNING **: gnome_url_show: Fehler beim Ausführen des mit diesem Speicherorts verknüpften Befehls der Vorgabeaktion."

[René Brandenburger (rene-brandenburger)]

preferred apps:

email client: Evolution mail client

Webbrowser: user defined: /usr/lib/firefox-3.0b4/firefox "%s"

hmmm, that of course can't work as beta 5 got installed through update manager, so this is probably not updated correctly.
what should i select there, "ubuntu sensible browser" or "firefox"?

[SFN (sfnative33)]

I can confirm having the same problem after upgrading to Beta 5. However, checking Preferrred Applications showed "Custom" under the Web Browser.

Changing to "Firefox" from the drop-down list resolved this issue for me.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Closing the bug because its not a bug in the package but user didnt set perffered apps.

[René Brandenburger (rene-brandenburger)]

hmmm, i can't remember having set the preferred application, i upgraded gutsy (where there is no firefox 3) to hardy and did not touch that setting. If upgrading to hardy changed that, than an update to the package should also take care of that, so I still consider it a bug.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

I wish it was that easy to explain please check to what they are set at. it seems that path for firefox has changed a few times since gutsy and that is one reason this could be seen.

[René Brandenburger (rene-brandenburger)]

could'nt there be a kind of a check if the preferred application is set to the default, and if not just ask during upgrade what to do, with a warning that it may be that the path to the current application has changed. If I change config files in /etc, I'm also asked if I want to keep my changes or accept the config of the maintainer.

Another thing is, that if the preferred application can not be launched, a Message should be shown to the user, as I've seen the message only on the console.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Firefox doesnt check this because it has no reason to in your case, please file bug with gnome or evo. not sure what one would control this.