Carsten, Thanks for your thoughtful response! Sorry if in my debugging I rang the Thunderbird alarm bell. Only later did I realize this was an AppArmor profile issue. Thanks again,
Best regards, David Campbell On Fri, Nov 23, 2018, at 1:12 AM, Carsten Schoenert wrote: > Control: clone 883245 -1 > Control: retitle -1 apparmor: no permission to /usr/bin/vivaldi-stable> > Hello David, > > your reported issue is obviously related to AppArmor. Even if the bug> report > is also related to AppArmor it would have been better if you > had> created a new issue as your problem is different ftom the > reported issue> in 883245. > I've cloned the this old issue into anew one so the AppArmor people > don't have to hassle to figure out which problems are all reported to> this > report. > > Am 22.11.18 um 19:02 schrieb David Campbell: >> >> >> * Edit >> <https://forum.mxlinux.org/posting.php?mode=edit&f=104&p=467920>>> * >> Report this post >> <https://forum.mxlinux.org/app.php/post/467920/report>>> * Quote >> <https://forum.mxlinux.org/posting.php?mode=quote&f=104&p=467920>>> >> #1 <https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=467920#p467920> Post >> <https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=467920#p467920> by >> *caffinate>> >> <https://forum.mxlinux.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=19985> >> * ยป Thu>> Nov 22, 2018 12:00 pm >> >> MK Linux 17.1 Thunderbird Version 52.9.1 64 Bit >> >> One persistent problem I'm having is the inability of Thunderbird to>> open >> http, https URLs in emails with the Vivaldi. I also had the same>> problem >> with Chromium. >> >> When I run Thunderbird in Safe Mode in a console and try to >> open a url>> in Thunderbird email I get this message: >> >> ***** (thunderbird:961): WARNING **: Could not launch default >> application for URI: Failed to execute child process "/usr/bin/vivaldi- >> stable" (Permission denied)*>> >> EDIT: When I try to open links from Evolution Email Client - >> works fine.>> *EDIT2: Problem Appears to Be Solved:* >> >> Narrowed this down to some kind of permissions problem with >> thunderbird:\>> Found this: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... >> bug=883245 >> <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=883245> > > Well, it's mostly clear that thunderbird isn't allowed to run this > binary as this is already visible on the CLI as you have posted above.> >> ..... >> I'm experiencing the same with the version that's currently in >> testing.>> However, I found a workaround: either install >> thunderbird/1:52.5.0-1>> from unstable, or disable the apparmor profile >> yourself: >> >> *sudo ln -s /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.thunderbird >> /etc/apparmor.d/disable/>> sudo apparmor_parser -R >> /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.thunderbird* >> >> *Now Thunderbird URL links open correctly in Vivaldi* > > Yes and no. > It's a problem related to the AppArmor profile from Thunderbird and > disabling the AppArmor profile make for sure going away the > problem, but> ist's not solved. It's probably just one line you need to add > to the > AppAprmor profile. That's a thing intrigeri or Vincas can answer for > sure. (CCed) > > @intrigeri > You will need to add the correct BTS tagging for apparmore please. > > -- > Regards > Carsten Schoenert dac

