For me, this was caused by my custom .desktop file. I downloaded
Firefox, unpacked it to my home and created a .desktop file for it in
~/.local/share/applicaitons as so:
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon[en_US]=firefox
Name[en_US]=Firefox latest
Exec=/home/local/ANT/naddeo/firefox/firefox
Comment[en_US]=Firefox directly from tgz
Name=Firefox latest
Comment=Firefox directly from tgz
Icon=firefox
The issue was caused by my Exec line. I had to update it to this:
Exec=/home/local/ANT/naddeo/firefox/firefox %u
Then external link clicks starting working again. I found that out by
looking at the .desktop file that the Firefox in the ubuntu repos uses
at /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop and copying that.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1035221
Title:
xdg-open/gnome-open opens blank firefox
Status in libgnome package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Both
xdg-open http://google.com
and
gnome-open http://google.com
result in a new Firefox window, with a single "empty" tab.
This is not the expected result - I expect the page to open in a new
tab/window. Running
firefox http://google.com
gives the expected result.
Whilst I am seeing the bug under quantal (regression from precise) the
packages xdg-utils and libgnome2-0 are the same version in both cases.
"/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command" is set in both cases to "firefox
%s"
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ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Dependencies:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100217)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-9.9-generic 3.5.0
Tags: quantal running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-9-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-04-14 (117 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
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