Comment 9 for bug 607538

I get errors for both.

$ xdg-open http://www.ubuntu.com
Error showing url: Operation not supported

$ bash -x /usr/bin/xdg-open http://www.ubuntu.com
+ check_common_commands http://www.ubuntu.com
+ '[' 1 -gt 0 ']'
+ parm=http://www.ubuntu.com
+ shift
+ case "$parm" in
+ '[' 0 -gt 0 ']'
+ '[' -z '' ']'
+ unset XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL
+ '[' 0 -lt 1 ']'
+ xdg_redirect_output=' > /dev/null 2> /dev/null'
+ '[' xhttp://www.ubuntu.com '!=' x ']'
+ url=
+ '[' 1 -gt 0 ']'
+ parm=http://www.ubuntu.com
+ shift
+ case "$parm" in
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ url=http://www.ubuntu.com
+ '[' 0 -gt 0 ']'
+ '[' -z http://www.ubuntu.com ']'
+ detectDE
+ '[' x = xtrue ']'
+ '[' xthis-is-deprecated '!=' x ']'
+ DE=gnome
+ '[' xgnome = x ']'
+ case "$DE" in
+ open_gnome http://www.ubuntu.com
+ gnome-open http://www.ubuntu.com
Error showing url: Operation not supported
+ '[' 1 -eq 0 ']'
+ exit_failure_operation_failed
+ '[' 0 -gt 0 ']'
+ exit 4