As gnome-open $url works fine, I conclude that whatever it is that
handles .desktop files at fault.
gnome-open test.desktop does not do anything, as there is no MIME
handler for the type. Presumably, then, Nautilus is short-circuiting. So
Nautilus is at fault, by my judgement.
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I also have hundreds of broken links. It's particularly bad how all
Ubuntu support forum thread links will not work. I also cannot believe
there hasn't been more posted about it there.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214170
You
$ uname -a
Linux mike-laptop 2.6.24-18-generic #1 SMP Wed May 28 20:27:26 UTC 2008 i686
GNU/Linux
$ nautilus --version
GNOME nautilus 2.22.3
$ firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2008 mozilla.org
Still broken as of the latest updates to 8.04 on June 11th. This is a
A perfect description! This is a real nasty one for me.
I can also confirm it on 32-bit Ubuntu Desktop and both Firefox 3.0b5
and 2.0.0.14.
A perfect example URL: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=770556
Ubuntu 8.04 release.
Gnome 2.22.1
$ uname -a
Linux bill-ub 2.6.24-16-generic #1
Sorry, forgot some basic info -.-
Ubuntu 8.04 x64 (current beta)
$ uname -a
Linux madneon 2.6.24-15-generic #1 SMP Fri Apr 4 03:10:59 UTC 2008 x86_64
GNU/Linux
$ nautilus --version
GNOME nautilus 2.22.2
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