[ooo-build] OOo freezes / hangs when opening a url due to sensible-browser not being called with an &

[CHicks]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

Following a URL (ctrl-click) from OO.o always causes it to hang with a blank window

After I close the resulting Konqueror window, the contents of the OO.o main window become visible again, and a message box appears saying that I should install a web browser, since I do not have one.
When this message box is closed, OO.o becomes responsive, and is usable again.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jan 16 15:59:50 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin
Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1 [modified: var/lib/openoffice/basis3.1/program/services.rdb]
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: openoffice.org
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3989): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (firefox:4647): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times
 (<unknown>:4763): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_origin: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
 (<unknown>:4904): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_origin: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

[CHicks (cmhicks06)]

Exact message box text is given below

OpenOffice.org could not find a web browser on your system. Please check your Desktop Preferences or install a web browser (for example, Mozilla) in the default location requested during the browser installation.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

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This bug was reported against an earlier version of Ubuntu, can you test if it still occurs on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx)?

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[CHicks (cmhicks06)]

Have installed a version of openoffice without KDE integration, cannot reproduce the bug without KDE integration.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Roman,

Can you take a look at this it appears to be a KDE integration issue of some sort.

Thanks,

Chris

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

I think maybe this isn't really KDE integration related. This might be related to the sensible-browser vs xdg-open issue in Debian/Ubuntu. I am currently in discussion with the maintainers of both in Debian to try to get an official stance on what to do with them.

[Paul Worrall (nicknak)]

Bug still present in 10.10.

Forcing OOo to use xdg-open instead of sensible-browser seems to be a satisfactory work around:

ln -s /usr/bin/xdg-open /usr/local/bin/sensible-browser

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

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There are no new official OpenOffice.org releases in Ubuntu packaging anymore => Won't Fix

If the problem persists, please mark this bug as "also affects project Libreoffice" or "also affects distribution Libreoffice (Ubuntu)" if that has not happened already.

Please leave references to upstream OpenOffice.org bugs in place to allow cross pollination.