Links in welcome dialog don't work

[Bernd Eggink]

Clicking a link in the welcome dialog of FileZilla 3.3.0 doesn't work correctly under Linux. On my PC (Crux 2.6), Opera gets started, although the default browser is Firefox. On my laptop (same system), FileZilla tries to start wine, which of course doesn't work. An explicit browser setting in the preferences is missing.

[Tim Kosse]

Looks like your system's URL handler is configured incorrectly.

Does this problem also exist on a fresh Crux installation with only the base system and FileZilla installed?

[Bernd Eggink]

Which URL handler does FileZilla use? Here is the content of ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/%gconf.xml:

<gconf>
<entry name="needs_terminal" mtime="1233776238" type="bool" value="false">
        </entry>
<entry name="enabled" mtime="1233776238" type="bool" value="true">
        </entry>
<entry name="command" mtime="1256917528" type="string">
<stringvalue>/usr/bin/firefox "%s"</stringvalue>
</entry>
</gconf>

This works well in all other cases like Java, Firefox-Thunderbird coupling etc.

[Tim Kosse]

Open a terminal and try the following command please:

xdg-open ​http://welcome.filezilla-project.org/welcome?category=news

Does that open the correct browser?

[Bernd Eggink]

Ah! Thanks! I didn't have xdg-open on my system. After installing xdg-utils, the command above AND the links in the FileZilla welcome dialog work correctly.

It should be mentioned that xdg-open is needed. Presently it seems that if xdg-open is missing, FileZilla picks an application at random, instead of issuing an error message (or trying some other means to determine the browser).

[Tim Kosse]

xdg-open is the preferred mechanism, though there are several fallbacks in place to find the default browser.

Please uninstall xdg-open again and try the following:

What's the output of:
gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec

What happens on
kfmclient openURL ​http://welcome.filezilla-project.org/welcome?category=news

Last but not least, why is your desktop environment?

[Bernd Eggink]

"gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec" outputs

No value set for '/desktop/gnome/applications/brower/exec'

My desktop environment is icewm + ROX. Neither kde nor gnome. Basic gnome libraries are present, however,

[Tim Kosse]

The next version of FileZilla will complain at compile time if xdg-open does not exist.