Midori starts up saying it cannot load a file

[Christopher Kyle Horton]

I have just installed Midori from the Software Center, and it shows the following error at startup in the main tab:

Error - file:///usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/index.html

The page 'file:///usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/index.html' couldn't be loaded.

Error opening file: No such file or directory

See attached screenshot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: midori 0.4.3-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 8 15:49:51 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120201.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: midori
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Christopher Kyle Horton (christhehorton)]

Also, clicking "Try again" does not resolve the issue.

[Christopher Kyle Horton (christhehorton)]

When trying to navigate to the indicated directory in a terminal, I notice that /usr/share/ exists, but not /usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/ .

[Christopher Kyle Horton (christhehorton)]

I can confirm this on a fresh 11.10 install, too.

[Christopher Kyle Horton (christhehorton)]

I figure an appropriate solution might be to have Midori simply bring up the same default start page that Firefox uses (that is, start.ubuntu.com) instead of this file that seems to no longer exist.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ghislain Vaillant (ghisvail)]

Same here on xubuntu 12.04. Applied solution in #5.

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

Still unfixed

[Lyn Perrine (walterorlin)]

Still unfixed on vivid with both lxde and unity desktop environments. Can confirm changing the homepage works. to get rid of this bug but it is still a papercut.

[Mei (ddouthitt)]

STILL UNFIXED three years later, on upgraded system to Xenial Xerus (16.04 LTS). Can we FIX THIS please?