[Linux] Start page not found if it is a local file
Categories
(Thunderbird :: OS Integration, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: bz, Unassigned)
Details
(Whiteboard: [distro][wfm])
Steps to reproduce:
- Create a simple HTML file on the local file system. E.g. /home/me/hello.html
<html><body><h1>Hello World</h1></body></html> - Make sure the html file has global read permissions. (E.g. $ chmod 644 /home/me/hello.html)
- Launch Thunderbird 102.
- Go to Edit > Settings > General > Thunderbird Start Page
- Check the box to show the start page when Thunderbird launches
- For location, enter "file:///home/me/hello.html"
- Close the Settings tab and quit Thunderbird.
- Launch Thunderbird
Actual results:
The message pane shows "File Not Found" error. "The file /home/me/hello.html cannot be found. Please check the location and try again."
Clicking the "Try Again" button gives the same error message.
Expected results:
The message pane shows "Hello World" in bold text.
OS Name: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
OS Type: 64 bit
GNOME Version: 42.2
Windowing System: X11
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Comment 2•3 years ago
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For me, on Mac using 105 beta, the following works
file:/Users/waynemery_1/Desktop/start.html
/Users/waynemery_1/Desktop/start.html
Similar config works for me on Windows with 102.2.0
It is not necessary to restart thunderbird - Go > mail start page invokes the page
Go > Mail Start Page (or the Alt + Home shortcut) gives the same "file-not-found" result for me.
The start page behavior works as expected on my macOS system. It's only on my Linux (Pop!_OS) system that it isn't working.
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Comment 4•3 years ago
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WFM. Are you using the official build from thunderbird.net? Sounds like an issue that could easily happen with Flatpack/Snap but we don't support those officially.
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Comment 5•3 years ago
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(In reply to Magnus Melin [:mkmelin] from comment #4)
WFM. Are you using the official build from thunderbird.net? Sounds like an issue that could easily happen with Flatpack/Snap but we don't support those officially.
^^
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Comment 7•2 years ago
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(In reply to JoeP from comment #6)
I am using a Flatpak (from flathub.org).
Flatpak is not yet officially supported, and it's working on official build from our tests.
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