This is also the case if you use the search bar within Thunderbird - it offers to search within your messages but also on Bing. I guess they got a bag of cash from MSFT? I can't find anywhere to change it in the preferences. I tried poking around in the Config editor; there were two strings referring to default search engine that I tried setting to Google. But there must be somewhere else that isn't accessible where the search engine is defined, since it doesn't offer Google as an option. (On the plus side, however, it now skips over Option 1 (Google) since it doesn't know what to do with it, and goes to Option 2, which is Yahoo. So at least Bing is gone.) I searched for any other strings involving Bing and couldn't find any, so I don't know where the URL for Bing is defined.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1006824 Title: Default internet search engine is Microsoft's Bing Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: How to reproduce the bug : - go into a message and select a word with mouse. - Right click on the selected word and choose to make a search on internet/web ( I don' know the right entry . i'm french ) - Contemplate bing search engine ! In one word : WTF ? ;) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: thunderbird 12.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: pierre-olivier 2243 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120430060637 CRDA: country GB: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xd4720000 irq 51' Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI' Components : 'HDA:111d7605,103c162b,00100105 HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000' Controls : 32 Simple ctrls : 13 Channel: release Date: Thu May 31 12:21:58 2012 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback IncompatibleExtensions: EDS Contact Integration - [email protected], Version=0.3.9, minVersion=7.0, maxVersion=11.0a1, Location=app-global, Type=extension, Active=Yes Messaging Menu and Unity Launcher integration - [email protected], Version=0.9.3, minVersion=3.3a1pre, maxVersion=12.0a1, Location=app-global, Type=extension, Active=Yes Provider for Google Calendar - ID={a62ef8ec-5fdc-40c2-873c-223b8a6925cc}, Version=0.13, minVersion=8.0a1, maxVersion=12.0, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.12 metric 2 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=12.0.1/20120430060637 (Running) RunningIncompatibleAddons: True SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/26/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68SSU Ver. F.02 dmi.board.name: 162B dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 04.1E dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU1362LC4 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68SSUVer.F.02:bd07/26/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook2560p:pvrA0001D02:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn162B:rvrKBCVersion04.1E:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 2560p dmi.product.version: A0001D02 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1006824/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
