This report was originally filed at:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/epiphany-browser/+bug/502904


Upgraded from Jaunty to Karmic last autumn, where web browser 2.26.1 was able to resolve file:// URLs. Now it is web browser 2.28.0 and file:// is not working any more.

Was there a change in URL handling (extension, policy) without documentation I am able to find? Or is it simply a bug in the browser (which I don't believe since there are no complaints).

Help welcome,
Klaus

Reproduce with:

file:/// => Unable to load page: Problem occurred while loading the URL file:///

file:// => suggests file:///home/kr
which is my home directory => Unable to load page: Problem occurred while loading the URL file:///home/kr

please see attached screenshot: 
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37537832/Screenshot.png


ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 4 11:13:43 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: epiphany-browser 2.28.0-4ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: epiphany-browser
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686