firefox won't load links on startup (regression)

[Ben Blout]

Binary package hint: firefox

When using the newest firefox from dapper-security, specifically
1.5dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614e-0ubuntu3 (dapper-security)
and about firefox reports 1.5.0.12eol
I have the following problem.
Running a current Dapper system.

-Make sure firefox is *not* running.
-right click on a http:// link in gnome-terminal, and choose the option
  'Open Link'
-firefox starts, and shows a blank page
-if you again right click on a link in gnome-terminal, and choose 'open
  link, the link is displayed in firefox. so the problem is only when firefox
  is not already running.

Using synaptic, I installed
1.5dfsg+1.5.0.3-0ubuntu3 (dapper)
and about firefox reports 1.5.0.3

With this older version, with firefox not running, if you right click a link
firefox opens, and displays the desired page.

The same behavior can be duplicated with emacs and the 'browse-url'
function, which is why I am reporting this as a firefox bug and not a
gnome-terminal bug.

More seriously, my non-computer-savvy mother-in-law runs Dapper on her
laptop. She has the same problem with Thunderbird. She is very confused
why, when she clicks a link in an email, the web page does not appear.

Let me know if you need any more help with understanding the bug.

[Ben Blout (bdb-new)]

Looks like this has been around since July. See bug #251340.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

duping with bug 251340