Empathy does not honor default browser when clicking URLs in chat
Bug #576734 reported by
Diwaker Gupta
This bug affects 5 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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empathy (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: empathy
How to reproduce:
- Open a chat window
- Type in a regular URL
- On the receiver side, just click on the URL
Expected behavior:
- the URL opens in whatever the default system browser is
Actual behavior:
- the URL always opens in Firefox
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: empathy 2.30.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 6 18:09:26 2010
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: empathy
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Hello,
I tried to reproduce your problem but I couldn't.
I installed chromium Preferences> Preferred Applications
Went to System>
Set chromium as the default browser.
Opened a link from empathy.
Chromium opened, as expected.
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 ture: i386 ature: Ubuntu 2.6.32- 22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
Package: empathy 2.30.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitec
ProblemType: Bug
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
LANG=en_US.utf8
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: empathy
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686