Using KompoZer in Ubuntu 9.04: Program Disappears while using Mouse on Various Menu Options

[Col. SC Sood(Retd)]

Sir,
I am using KompoZer in Ubuntu 9.04
While using Mouse on Various Menu Options, everything i.e. complete program Disappears.
When I click Bug Reports and Suggestions in Help, a window showing the following appears:-

External Protocol Request
An external application must be launched to handle http: links. Requested :
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=170132&atid=853122

... ...

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.25.1-0ubuntu5
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686

[arky (arky)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in kompozer.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Kazé (kaze)]

This is a duplicate of bug #263441: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kompozer/+bug/263441/

Confirmed with Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04. KompoZer 0.7.10 is not compatible with GTK ≥ 2.14, please use KompoZer 0.8 instead.

[Clark Dunson (cdunson)]

432573 gives some points about workarounds. Hope it helps.