Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: firefox
Start browser.
In URL field type path to local file, without the protocol part (i.e.:
/tmp/index.html)
Hit return
=> this crash.
Workaround: be explicit
In URL field type path to local file, with the protocol part (i.e.:
file:///tmp/index.html)
Hit return
=> It works
ProblemType: Crash
Date: Thu Feb 15 10:13:12 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin
Package: firefox 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu2
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin
ProcCwd: /home/peterdv
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: firefox
StacktraceTop:
__kernel_vsyscall ()
raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
?? ()
?? ()
?? ()
Uname: Linux 49DKH2J 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 05:18:42 UTC 2007 i686
GNU/Linux
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev
powerdev scanner video
** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Omitting protocol ('file://') from URL causes firefox-bin to crash
https://launchpad.net/bugs/85296
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