Pidgin opens Hotmail in Firefox when the default browser is Opera

[John M]

Binary package hint: pidgin

When I try to open a link from a conversation window, it opens in Opera (as it should), but when I pick "Open Hotmail Inbox" from the Accounts submenu, it opens in Firefox, so it seems that the option is hard-coded.

...:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04

...:~$ apt-cache policy pidgin
pidgin:
  Installed: 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:2.3.1-0debuntu1 0
        500 http://repository.debuntu.org gutsy/multiverse Packages

...:~$ apt-cache policy pidgin-data
pidgin-data:
  Installed: 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:2.3.1-0debuntu1 0
        500 http://repository.debuntu.org gutsy/multiverse Packages

[Richard Seguin (sectech)]

Thank you for reporting this issue and trying to make Ubuntu better.

Just so I am clear, have you changed the default browser under: Tools -> Preferences -> Network -> Configure Browser and it still opens firefox when checking your hotmail under the accounts submenu?

Thanks,

Richard Seguin

[Richard Seguin (sectech)]

* Marking incomplete pending enough information to complete triage

[John M (jwmwalrus)]

Yes, when I go to Tools>Preferences>Network>Configure Browser it launches gnome-default-applications-properties and Opera is selected as the default browser. And yes, even after that, Pidgin opens Firefox when checking Hotmail under the Accounts submenu.

[John M (jwmwalrus)]

GNOME still has issues handling browser-related files (for example, even after selecting Opera as the default browser, it keeps opening htm, html and xml files in Firefox), so maybe this one is part of such issues ---with the disadvantage that in this particular case it's not possible to just modify the "Open with" section for a file in Nautilus.

I tried both aMSN and emesene, to check for a similar behavior: aMSN doesn't depend on GNOME defaults, and therefore it works correctly when the browser string is set to "opera $url". emesene, on the other hand, aims to integrate with GNOME, and as a result it behaves in a similar way to Pidgin when trying to open Hotmail (i.e., uses Firefox, even if the default browser is set to Opera).

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Could you try to reproduce the same with Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04? Thanks in advance.

[John M (jwmwalrus)]

Hi,

Although I don't use pidgin anymore (decided to stick to aMSN), both
emesene and pidgin seem to be working correctly now. Thank you!

...:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

...:~$ apt-cache policy pidgin
pidgin:
   Installed: 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1
   Candidate: 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1
   Version table:
  *** 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1 0
         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
      1:2.3.1-2ubuntu1~0ubuntuitdev1 0
         500 http://ppa.launchpad.net gutsy/main Packages

...:~$ apt-cache policy emesene
emesene:
   Installed: 1.0.1-1
   Candidate: 1.0.1-1
   Version table:
  *** 1.0.1-1 0
         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
      1.0~r1333~0ubuntuitdev1 0
         500 http://ppa.launchpad.net gutsy/main Packages

At 12:54 PM 1/5/2009, you wrote:

>Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
>Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
>any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue
>for you? Could you try to reproduce the same with Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04?
>Thanks in advance.
>
>** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
>--
>Pidgin opens Hotmail in Firefox when the default browser is Opera
>https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239378
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>of the bug.

[Richard Seguin (sectech)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.

[Xose M Lamas (xmgz)]

it's my first report here.

the msn accounts problem still happens. With msn/hotmail when clicking in "open mail" pidgin (or ubuntu) opens firefox when opera (or other) is selected as default browser.
Other IM accounts work fine. Other apps in ubuntu work fine.

I've tested in both 8.04 and 8.10 pc, with the pidgin package from repositories (the last one for this distributions).

It's not a big problem but a little bit annoying