Firefox v 3.5.3 (offline) Home Page Error in Kubuntu

Bug #460225 reported by S3Indiana
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Unassigned
Karmic
Invalid
High
Unassigned
kubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Jonathan Riddell
Karmic
Invalid
High
Jonathan Riddell
ubufox (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Alexander Sack
Karmic
Invalid
High
Alexander Sack

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Release Candidate
Live CD Session
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20091020 Ubuntu/9.10 (karmic) Firefox/3.5.3
Default Home Page:
Edit > Preferences > Main > Startup Home Page: chrome://ubufox/content/startpage.html
Results in:
File not found
Firefox can't find the file at /usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/index.html.
Reviewing /usr/share/ there is no /ubuntu-artwork/ directory (there is an ubufox directory)...

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 25 06:43:18 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate i386 (20091020.2)
Package: firefox-3.5 3.5.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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S3Indiana (s3indiana) wrote :
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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as Triaged and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better! Please report any other issues you may find.

Changed in firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :

@asac

I can't find any package where these files are installed. I have them on my system though.

Changed in ubufox (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Alexander Sack (asac)
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

thats in ubuntu-docs afair.

Changed in firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

in case this isnt true all fine ... otherwise, assigning mdke who did he last ubuntu-docs upload

Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Matthew East (mdke)
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

not an ubufox issue afaict.

Changed in ubufox (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

reporter was using kubuntu ... moving to kubuntu-docs

affects: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) → kubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
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Matthew East (mdke) wrote :

Yes, a kubuntu issue - removing myself as assignee

Changed in kubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
assignee: Matthew East (mdke) → nobody
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Jonathan Riddell (jr) wrote :

Kubuntu doesn't use firefox as a web browser and it's not the responsibility of kubuntu packages to supply files that firefox needs. Reassigning to firefox.

Changed in kubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
Changed in firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
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Matthew East (mdke) wrote :

As far as I know, until this release kubuntu-docs has in fact supplied these files. ubuntu-docs does so for ubuntu.

I think we should definitely revisit the system in Lucid because it seems to me that if there is no internet connection, firefox should not be showing a pretty home page but should simply be telling the user that their internet connection isn't working. In order to implement this I think we should remove the page from the various alternatives which are shipping the homepage (ubuntu-docs, kubuntu-docs, xubuntu-docs).

However for now I think that this must be fixed in kubuntu-docs, anything else would probably require a serious rehash of the system used.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 460225] Re: Firefox v 3.5.3 Home Page Error

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:40:06AM -0000, Matthew East wrote:
> As far as I know, until this release kubuntu-docs has in fact supplied
> these files. ubuntu-docs does so for ubuntu.
>
> I think we should definitely revisit the system in Lucid because it
> seems to me that if there is no internet connection, firefox should not
> be showing a pretty home page but should simply be telling the user that
> their internet connection isn't working. In order to implement this I
> think we should remove the page from the various alternatives which are
> shipping the homepage (ubuntu-docs, kubuntu-docs, xubuntu-docs).
>
> However for now I think that this must be fixed in kubuntu-docs,
> anything else would probably require a serious rehash of the system
> used.
>

its a kubuntu-docs regression. we agreed on a general place for this
index.html file and we shouldnt have changed it imo.

 - Alexander

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: Firefox v 3.5.3 Home Page Error

Jonathan, this was a location we used in the past and we relied on ... not a firefox issue for sure. next time please check with all the stakeholders when changing existing paths.

Changed in kubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Triaged
Changed in firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in kubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Jonathan Riddell (jr)
Changed in kubuntu-docs (Ubuntu Karmic):
milestone: none → karmic-updates
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

on the other front i agree and we might want to just drop the offline feature in lucid and after. improving the "offline" error page might be one way forward.

tags: added: regression-release
summary: - Firefox v 3.5.3 Home Page Error
+ Firefox v 3.5.3 (offline) Home Page Error in Kubuntu
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S3Indiana (s3indiana) wrote :

Note: original bug found in Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Release Candidate (RC), but also exists in final release (Kubuntu 9.10)

Firefox Startup Home Page (chrome://ubufox/content/startpage.html) Error:
File not found

Firefox can't find the file at /usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/index.html.

/usr/share/ there still is no /ubuntu-artwork/ directory...

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Eko Yudhi (ekoyudhiprastowo) wrote :

yes..

description: updated
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Rich Johnson (nixternal) wrote :
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Unless somebody uploaded a wrong package for kubuntu-docs in Karmic, the firefox homepage stuff hasn't been there for a couple of releases. The following is what the Karmic package has for kubuntu-docs:
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>>> [1020] apt-file list kubuntu-docs
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/adduser_details.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/adduser_security.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_application_development.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_application_graphics.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_application_internet.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_application_multimedia.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_application_office.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_application_settings.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_application_system.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_application_utilities.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_applications.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_computer.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_favorites.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_leave.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/application_launcher_recently_used.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/dolphin.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/k3b.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/konqueror.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/kubuntu_desktop.gif
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/system_settings_advanced.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/images/C/system_settings_general.png
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kubuntu/about-kubuntu/index.html
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kubuntu/add-applications/apt.html
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kubuntu/add-applications/aptitude.html
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kubuntu/add-applications/index.html
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kubuntu/add-applications/kpackagekit.html
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kubuntu/add-applications/manual-install.html
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kubuntu/add-applications/repos.html
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kubuntu/add-applications/updating.html
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kubuntu/basic-commands/index.html
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kubuntu/basic-commands/permissions.html
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kubuntu/basic-commands/restart-x.html
kubuntu-docs: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kubuntu/basic-commands/root-and-sudo.html
kubuntu-docs:...

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Jonathan Jesse (jjesse) wrote :

What is the status of the bug, can it be closed/resolved?

Rich Johnson (nixternal)
Changed in kubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
Changed in kubuntu-docs (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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