This indeed is the issue. Initial "patch" . Will post the final patch in
a while ( rebuilding is a sloow process ).
--- a/uriloader/exthandler/unix/nsGNOMERegistry.cpp 2014-02-24
23:38:31.303287298 +0530
+++ b/uriloader/exthandler/unix/nsGNOMERegistry.cpp 2014-02-25
00:04:12.643350922 +0530
@@ -148,7 +148,12 @@ nsGNOMERegistry::GetFromType(const nsACS
nsCOMPtr<nsIGIOMimeApp> gioHandlerApp;
if (NS_FAILED(giovfs->GetAppForMimeType(aMIMEType,
getter_AddRefs(gioHandlerApp))) ||
!gioHandlerApp) {
- return nullptr;
+ // Unable to find mime handler, probably a protocol. moz bz#947868
+ // Need a better way to identify if this is a scheme - check for
nsMIMEInfoBase::eProtocolInfo ?
+ if (NS_FAILED(giovfs->GetAppForURIScheme(aMIMEType,
getter_AddRefs(gioHandlerApp))) ||
+ !gioHandlerApp) {
+ return nullptr;
+ }
}
gioHandlerApp->GetName(name);
giovfs->GetDescriptionForMimeType(aMIMEType, description);
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1201954
Title:
Firefox 22+ protocol handler doesn't work properly
Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser:
New
Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
After upgrading to Firefox 22 protocol handler doesn't work properly
for example, when I click on link skype:skype_name?chat I can select
Skype from list in Firefox 21- but can't do that in Firefox 22+
Google Chrome, xdg-open works correct
~$ grep x-scheme-handler/skype /usr/share/applications/*
/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache:x-scheme-handler/skype=skype.desktop;
/usr/share/applications/skype.desktop:MimeType=x-scheme-handler/skype;
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: firefox 23.0~b4+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-26.38-generic 3.8.13.2
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-26-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: i386
BuildID: 20130709135739
Date: Tue Jul 16 23:02:55 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-12 (154 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=uk_UA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-25 (82 days ago)
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