Opening any link in gnome-terminal returns error

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Do you want to browse the internet via Gnome-terminal?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnomeTerminal

##no problems here, I've just copy&paste the url of this page
Examples:
w3m https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/67359

or:
wget https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/67359

##with wget the page will be saved into your /home/user as .html file, title is number 67359.

No, I don't want to use Gnome-terminal to browse, I want the links to open with my web browser (Firefox).

Ok, I've edited the question.
However to verify internet connection you may try the relevant url with w3m in a terminal.

You may also post the url which isn't available.

Please start Firefox in a terminal, reproduce your steps above to maybe get some error messages:
firefox

In case of filing a bug you may pass the output into a text file:
firefox --debug &> firefox-debug.txt

Please make sure that Ubuntu is updated.
Open Synaptic and reload packages list.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto

Please clear the cache in Firefox.
Edit -> preferences -> advanced

You may also check the file .xsession-errors (hidden in your /home/user), sometimes it contents also messages of failures in firefox.

Note:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_some_websites
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic

First, this is for *every* url.
Second, this isn't a Firefox problem, this is a terminal problem, I've reproduced the error with other browsers.

Ubuntu is updated, I keep it regularly updated.

Please explain the relation between firefox and gnome-terminal, thanks.
What about w3m?
What about syslog?
Did you try removing profile, prefs in .mozilla?
Could it be a firewall issue?
Could it be a conflict with addons?

Can you provide any information on how to reproduce the issue?

In case please use Apport:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
Why:
http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/03/31/please-dont-report-ubuntu-bugs-directly-to-launchpad/

It isn't a Mozilla error, it is a gnome-terminal error, it is with opening links, gnome-terminal recognizes them, it just won't open them in *any* browser.

Do you have Mozilla Firefox set as the browser in System>Preferences>Preferred Applications?

Yes, I do.

Though changing this still produces the same results.

... Why is this a Firefox bug... I've reproduced the bug without firefox.

Fou-Lu

I think there may just be some miscommunication here.

As I understand it, you want to be able to click links that appear in your terminal session and have them open the default browser (whichever is defined on the system, Firefox, Opera, Galeon, etc) to that link's destination. Is that correct?

I think your Preferred Applications settings may be broken.

Would you mind trying the following:

1. Open your Preferred Applications application (System -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications).

2. The in the Internet Tab of the Preferred Applications window, make sure that the Web Browser Section is set to "Open link with web browser default".

3. Click the Close button in the Preferred Applications window.

3. Now test it by opening a gnome-terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal).

4. Type http://www.ubuntu.com on the command line and hit Enter. You'll get an error message that says something like:

    bash: http://www.ubuntu.com: No such file or directory

5. The error's ok, we just want to use the link. Hover over the link and it should get an underline. However, if you click on it nothing should happen.

6. Now, while hovering over the link, hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and click the link. That should open your browser to the Ubuntu homepage.

I hope that helps.

Please feel free to clarify any assumptions that I made and/or follow up with whether this was a successful solution or not. I would be happy to continue to troubleshoot this with you.

Thanks.

Hmmm, still seem to be getting the same error.

Added a screenshot of the error to the question.

What do you get when you type:

gconftool --get /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command

If you don't get:

firefox %s

Then try typing this:

gconftool --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command "firefox %s"

Then try links in the terminal.

Thanks for the reply,

I get `firefox %s'

I see the same result as Fou-Lu

Testing this out via Jim J's example

$ http://www.ubuntu.com
bash: http://www.ubuntu.com: No such file of directory

Moving the mouse over this link underlines this text in either the original command or the response. I may right-click and 'copy link address' so it seems it's recognized correctly

But no amount of clicking on it, will open the link. I would expect firefox to open and fire up the link, it does not.

Yeah, It seems to be recognized correctly.

But when you hover over the link and it gets underlined, try holding down the CTRL key on your keyboard and then clicking the link with the mouse at the same time.

This is the only way that the link should open.

I use CTRL-Click most of the time.

### a link can be opened also via context menu with right click.
However, found this, but actually not sure if this regression has something to do with it.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/326975

Hmm, curious. But the error started occurring after I played around with *heavily* url-encoded links.

Just tried a `file://' link, here's what I got.

Could not open the address “file:///home/literalka/Desktop/:”:
Error stating file '/home/literalka/Desktop/:': No such file or directory

Hi,
any news on this issue?
If not, just an idea, not sure if it's related, did you check out:
cat .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

You could give it a try and rename .local, or remove mimeapps.list, restart computer or do a:
sudo updatedb

Are you saving gnome-sessions? If yes, there should be a folder in your /home/user, what happens if you remove the contents?

Problem seems to be with links that have URL-encoded characters.

http://www.google.com or www.google.com works fine
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0006016
will give me previously mentioned error.

CTRL-Clicking on file:///path works and will open Nautilus.

Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)

this affects me too and I have not found a solution. For me, the problem is with all urls.

this affects me too and I have not found a solution. For me, the problem is with all urls.