Debian Bug report logs - #583302
evolution: Ignores gnome default browser setting

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ken Bloom <kbloom@gmail.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: evolution: Ignores gnome default browser setting

Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 16:19:29 -0500

Package: evolution
Version: 2.30.1.2-3
Severity: normal

Evolution is ignoring my preference for default web browser when I
click on links.

default-applications-properties is set to iceweasel,
x-www-browser is set to iceweasel
$BROWSER is set to iceweasel

and yet Evolution chooses chromium-browser instead.

This is in consonance with the contents of /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache and
Evolution runs runs through the applications there in order
text/html=bluefish.desktop;chromium-browser.desktop;kde4-kfmclient_html.desktop;abiword.desktop;iceweasel.desktop;kompozer.desktop;arora.desktop;elinks.desktop;

[bloom@cat-in-the-hat evolution]$ strace -f evolution 2>&1 | grep /usr/share/applications/
[pid  7465] stat("/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache",  <unfinished ...>
[pid  7465] open("/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache", O_RDONLY) = 44
[pid  7465] stat("/usr/share/applications/defaults.list",  <unfinished ...>
[pid  7465] stat("/usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list",  <unfinished ...>
[pid  7465] open("/usr/share/applications/bluefish.desktop", O_RDONLY <unfinished ...>
[pid  7465] open("/usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop", O_RDONLY <unfinished ...>

if I uninstall chromium, it opens the link in konqueror, by calling
kfmclient.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages evolution depends on:
ii  dbus                      1.2.24-1       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]     1.5.32         Debian configuration management sy
ii  evolution-common          2.30.1.2-3     architecture independent files for
ii  evolution-data-server     2.30.1-5       evolution database backend server
ii  gconf2                    2.28.1-3       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme          2.30.2.1-1     GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.21-1       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.30.0-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                     2.10.2-9       Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                 1.8.10-4       The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcamel1.2-14            2.30.1-5       The Evolution MIME message handlin
ii  libcanberra-gtk0          0.24-1         Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0              0.24-1         a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-1-3               1.2.24-1       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2          0.86-1         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libebackend1.2-0          2.30.1-5       Utility library for evolution data
ii  libebook1.2-9             2.30.1-5       Client library for evolution addre
ii  libecal1.2-7              2.30.1-5       Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver1.2-13      2.30.1-5       Utility library for evolution data
ii  libedataserverui1.2-8     2.30.1-5       GUI utility library for evolution 
ii  libegroupwise1.2-13       2.30.1-5       Client library for accessing group
ii  libenchant1c2a            1.4.2-3.6      a wrapper library for various spel
ii  libevolution              2.30.1.2-3     evolution libraries
ii  libfontconfig1            2.8.0-2.1      generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6              2.3.11-1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4               2.28.1-3       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgdata-google1.2-1      2.30.1-5       Client library for accessing Googl
ii  libgdata1.2-1             2.30.1-5       Client library for accessing Googl
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.24.1-1       The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-17     2.30.0-2       Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.30.1-1       A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.20.1-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtkhtml-editor0        3.30.1-2       HTML rendering/editing library - e
ii  libgtkhtml3.14-19         3.30.1-2       HTML rendering/editing library - r
ii  libgweather1              2.30.0-2       GWeather shared library
ii  libical0                  0.44-3         iCalendar library implementation i
ii  libice6                   2:1.0.6-1      X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gt 0.4.5-1        sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libnspr4-0d               4.8.4-1        NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-1d                3.12.6-2       Network Security Service libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.28.0-1       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                    2:1.1.1-1      X11 Session Management library
ii  libsoup2.4-1              2.30.1-1       an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.6.23.1-2     SQLite 3 shared library
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.10-1         library for program launch feedbac
ii  libunique-1.0-0           1.1.6-1        Library for writing single instanc
ii  libxml2                   2.7.7.dfsg-2   GNOME XML library
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.5.dfsg-1 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages evolution recommends:
ii  evolution-plugins        2.30.1.2-3      standard plugins for Evolution
ii  evolution-webcal         2.28.0-1+b1     webcal: URL handler for GNOME and 
ii  gnome-desktop-data       2.30.0-2        Common files for GNOME desktop app
ii  spamassassin             3.3.1-1         Perl-based spam filter using text 
ii  yelp                     2.30.1+webkit-1 Help browser for GNOME

Versions of packages evolution suggests:
pn  bug-buddy                     <none>     (no description available)
pn  evolution-dbg                 <none>     (no description available)
pn  evolution-exchange            <none>     (no description available)
ii  evolution-plugins-experimenta 2.30.1.2-3 experimental plugins for Evolution
ii  gnupg                         1.4.10-4   GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
pn  network-manager               <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  evolution/needs_shutdown:

Message #10 received at 583302@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>

To: Ken Bloom <kbloom@gmail.com>, 583302@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Evolution] Bug#583302: evolution: Ignores gnome default browser setting

Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 08:05:31 +0200

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On mer., 2010-05-26 at 16:19 -0500, Ken Bloom wrote:
> Package: evolution
> Version: 2.30.1.2-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Evolution is ignoring my preference for default web browser when I
> click on links.
> 
> default-applications-properties is set to iceweasel,
> x-www-browser is set to iceweasel
> $BROWSER is set to iceweasel
> 
> and yet Evolution chooses chromium-browser instead. 

Yes, Evolution uses the default http/https handlers, not the default
applications. I don't know where the setting can be tuned in GNOME, but
it's in gconf-editor in /desktop/gnome/url-handlers

Hope that helps.
Cheers,
-- 
Yves-Alexis

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Message #15 received at 583302@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Chanoch (Ken) Bloom" <kbloom@gmail.com>

To: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>

Cc: 583302@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Evolution] Bug#583302: evolution: Ignores gnome default browser setting

Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 08:42:20 -0500

On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 08:05 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On mer., 2010-05-26 at 16:19 -0500, Ken Bloom wrote:
> > Package: evolution
> > Version: 2.30.1.2-3
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Evolution is ignoring my preference for default web browser when I
> > click on links.
> > 
> > default-applications-properties is set to iceweasel,
> > x-www-browser is set to iceweasel
> > $BROWSER is set to iceweasel
> > 
> > and yet Evolution chooses chromium-browser instead. 
> 
> Yes, Evolution uses the default http/https handlers, not the default
> applications. I don't know where the setting can be tuned in GNOME, but
> it's in gconf-editor in /desktop/gnome/url-handlers
> 
> Hope that helps.
> Cheers,

It's not using /desktop/gnome/url-handlers, because those are set to
sensible-browser (which should use either x-www-browser or $BROWSER to
select the right browser). And strace shows me that sensible-browser is
not getting called.

--Ken

Message #20 received at 583302@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>

To: "Chanoch (Ken) Bloom" <kbloom@gmail.com>, 583302@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Evolution] Bug#583302: Bug#583302: evolution: Ignores gnome default browser setting

Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 20:28:52 +0200

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On jeu., 2010-05-27 at 08:42 -0500, Chanoch (Ken) Bloom wrote:
> It's not using /desktop/gnome/url-handlers, because those are set to
> sensible-browser (which should use either x-www-browser or $BROWSER to
> select the right browser). And strace shows me that sensible-browser is
> not getting called. 

Then I don't know. It seems to work fine here, though I can't remember
which part I had to modify in the gnome settings.
-- 
Yves-Alexis

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Message #27 received at 583302@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Chanoch (Ken) Bloom" <kbloom@gmail.com>

To: 583302@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Reassigning

Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 14:07:33 -0500

reassign 583302 libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-1
thanks

I've been debugging this with upstream, and found that it affects
gtk_show_uri, no matter which application calls it.

--Ken

-- 
Chanoch (Ken) Bloom. PhD candidate. Linguistic Cognition Laboratory.
Department of Computer Science. Illinois Institute of Technology.
http://www.iit.edu/~kbloom1/

Message #40 received at 583302-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Chanoch (Ken) Bloom" <kbloom@gmail.com>

To: 583302-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Upstream won't fix.

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:33:10 -0500

Upstream wont' fix this because it's related to my desire to get GNOME
to resolve gtk_show_uri calls without running a full GNOME session.

For those who want to use the GNOME default web browser to visit URIs
in GTK+ applications, but do not want to run a full GNOME session
yourself, the workaround is to set the environment variable
GIO_USE_URI_ASSOCIATION=gconf. (I discovered this by reading
http://library.gnome.org/devel/gio/stable/ch03.html and experimenting
a bit).

I'm sure the procedure for using the XFCE4 default web browser is
similar, but I don't know the name of the GDesktopAppInfoLookup
implementation to use.

--Ken

-- 
Chanoch (Ken) Bloom. PhD candidate. Linguistic Cognition Laboratory.
Department of Computer Science. Illinois Institute of Technology.
http://www.iit.edu/~kbloom1/

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