setting thunderbird as preferred email application corrupts "Launch Web Browser" shortcut
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
when I set thunderbird as the mail client in preferred applications, my "Launch web browser" shortcut key launches firefox with a big random number (eg 1107040615) instead of continuing to use the specified home page (in my case google).
I can reproduce this by
a) create a new user
b) select a key combination for "Launch web browser" keyboard shortcut
d) hit the key combo to verify it works (it does, but for a new user it goes to about:startpage instead of google, which is fine)
e) change preferred applications mail reader to thunderbird
f) hit the key combo for "Launch web browser" again. This time firefox tries to go to a big random number instead of about:startpage.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: thunderbird 3.1.10+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 22 17:53:06 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: thunderbird
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
I've got no idea what would cause that. In any case, setting the default mail client from preferred applications just changes the setting in gconf and adjusts the x-scheme- handler/ mailto handler, so this isn't a thunderbird issue