GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 780899
Default application for web browser was changed
Last modified: 2017-04-04 13:09:15 UTC
Created attachment 349228 [details] Packages that were updated 04/02/2017 and concerning gnome package Hi, I think I have found this morning a minor bug in gnome-control-center. First, I'll like to say sorry for my english. Second, short story: This morning I spot something weird: my default application for web browser was changed to thunderbird. Which is not what I use obviously. I'm almost sure I didn't, since I never had this issue before this morning. And when I click on an URL (in Hexchat for example) the process is from thunderbird, not my usual browser (Firefox) and was very heavy (load average above 4). My system started to become slow. I changed that in gnome-control-center > details > default application and I don't have this problem anymore. Long story: When I clicked on an URL (in Hexchat) it doesn't opens, I tried 3 or 4 times, it was the same thing. Later I feel that my GNOME-Shell animation was kind of slow. I checked with htop and I had 4 CPU's at minimum 70%, and my load average was above 4. My computer is strong enough to handle Debian Testing + GNOME-Shell (3.22.2) and I use proprietary driver for my graphics card, which allow me to play so GNOME-Shell animation never was a problem before. I checked a bit more my processes and I saw this: kgaspard 31068 0.0 0.0 11352 3172 tty2 S+ 10:43 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/thunderbird http://xxxxxxxxxxxxx.html kgaspard 31081 42.5 0.7 1447004 125636 tty2 Rl+ 10:43 0:00 /usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird http://xxxxxxxxxxxxx.html kgaspard 31126 0.0 0.0 11352 3264 tty2 S+ 10:43 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/thunderbird http://xxxxxxxxxxxxx.html kgaspard 31138 0.0 0.2 422272 45780 tty2 S+ 10:43 0:00 /usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird http://xxxxxxxxxxxxx.html kgaspard 31140 0.0 0.0 0 0 tty2 Z+ 10:43 0:00 [thunderbird] <defunct> root 31144 0.0 0.0 12784 936 pts/0 S+ 10:43 0:00 grep thunderbird (ask me if you would like to see the URL) After a 'pkill thunderbird', my load average was under 1, and when I checked in gnome-control-center > details > default application, I saw that Thunderbird was the software to use. As I said, it's not how was configured my system. I've updated my system sunday evening. Someone on the mailing list Debian User French recommended that I should report it here. I don't have the knowledge to send you a patch. I hope I'm not doing useless noise. If you need more details, please ask. PS: In attachment my logs in /var/log/apt/history.log at this date and time. Kévin GASPARD
(In reply to Kévin GASPARD from comment #0) > Created attachment 349228 [details] > Packages that were updated 04/02/2017 and concerning gnome package > > Hi, > > I think I have found this morning a minor bug in gnome-control-center. > First, I'll like to say sorry for my english. > > Second, short story: > This morning I spot something weird: my default application for web browser > was changed to thunderbird. That means that 1) your distribution doesn't ship a list of default applications (which makes the default web browser somewhat random) 2) Thunderbird wrongly claims to be a web browser. You should file bugs with your distribution about this. > Which is not what I use obviously. I'm almost > sure I didn't, since I never had this issue before this morning. And when I > click on an URL (in Hexchat for example) the process is from thunderbird, > not my usual browser (Firefox) and was very heavy (load average above 4). My > system started to become slow. I changed that in gnome-control-center > > details > default application and I don't have this problem anymore. I'm afraid I can't fix Thunderbird's bugs either, sorry.
(In reply to Bastien Nocera from comment #1) > (In reply to Kévin GASPARD from comment #0) > > Created attachment 349228 [details] > > Packages that were updated 04/02/2017 and concerning gnome package > > > > Hi, > > > > I think I have found this morning a minor bug in gnome-control-center. > > First, I'll like to say sorry for my english. > > > > Second, short story: > > This morning I spot something weird: my default application for web browser > > was changed to thunderbird. > > That means that 1) your distribution doesn't ship a list of default > applications (which makes the default web browser somewhat random) 2) > Thunderbird wrongly claims to be a web browser. > > You should file bugs with your distribution about this. I get it, but I asked here first since it was looking as a GNOME-Shell weird attitude. > > Which is not what I use obviously. I'm almost > > sure I didn't, since I never had this issue before this morning. And when I > > click on an URL (in Hexchat for example) the process is from thunderbird, > > not my usual browser (Firefox) and was very heavy (load average above 4). My > > system started to become slow. I changed that in gnome-control-center > > > details > default application and I don't have this problem anymore. > > I'm afraid I can't fix Thunderbird's bugs either, sorry. And that's not what I'm asking either! I understand, I wasn't sure if it was the good place, I tried at least. Thanks for your time.