Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon
It seems since natty (maverick doesn't suffer this issue) when using the keyboard shortcuts functionality of gnome to open them the applications are called but with spurious arguments. In my case for firefox it's sent a big number with no meaning (always the same too), for evolution it's sent an %U. This thing makes both misbehave: firefox opens a weird page with this number (http://number/) and evolution never opens the windows if it's not already open. As a temporary solution I've worked around this by putting a wrapper script which removes these "arguments": #/bin/sh #for args #do #echo $args >> /tmp/out #done if [ "$1" = "%U" ]; then /usr/bin/evolution2 else /usr/bin/evolution2 $@ fi and #!/bin/sh set -e if [ "$1" = "3788462439" ]; then firefox exit fi # Firefox launcher containing a Profile migration helper for on top of the firefox init script already there. Obviously this isn't a correct solution. So why the keyboard shortcut launcher is sending arguments at all? it should allow to configure them or not set them at all. This is a clean natty install with just firefox config folder copied from the previous install and evolution restored by using the backup functionality but i don't think this matters as the problem is these arguments which have no meaning to be there and shouldn't be there at all (so not firefox 373.... or evolution %U but just firefox and evolution!) Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 Codename: natty Installato: 2.32.1-0ubuntu13.1 Candidato: 2.32.1-0ubuntu13.1 Tabella versione: *** 2.32.1-0ubuntu13.1 0 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status this is updated anyway with all last versions from ubuntu natty official repo (none from proposed) ** Affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/777644 Title: keyboard shortcuts for email and browser pass spurious arguments to the applications -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
