Bug 184269

Summary:	Bug report error - Could not find service kfmclient
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	GvLists <gvlists>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.9.10
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description GvLists 2009-02-14 01:36:28 UTC

Version:           1.9.10 (using KDE 3.5.10)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Hmm this is a bug on bug reporting. I tried to report another bug in kmail using its own bug reporting feature. I use kmail version 1.9.10 under Ubuntu Linux (i686) release 2.6.24-23-generic, Compiler Target : i486-linux-gnu. Mine is an old laptop with Pentium 3 processor and 196MB RAM. I clicked Help > Report bug. In the pop up window i clicked Launch Bug Report Wizard. The details above are from with window. A smaller window opened with an error message "Could not launch browser Could not find service kfmclient". My default browser is firefox. I expected it to collect all information required and open the browser to report a bug.

Comment 1 GvLists 2009-02-14 01:39:29 UTC

BTW i do not use KDE desktop. Kmail is installed as an extra package in my Ubuntu GNOME system as I prefer kmail to evolution.

Comment 2 Jaime Torres 2009-02-14 09:29:09 UTC

This kfmclient is already fixed in kde 4.2.0 by dfaure:

I just committed code to invokeBrowser (r896218) that implements the following logic:
 
    // This method should launch a webbrowser, preferrably without doing a mimetype
    // check first, like KRun (i.e. kde-open) would do.
    // In a KDE session, call kfmclient (which honours BrowserApplication) if present,
    // otherwise xdg-open, otherwise kde-open (which does a mimetype check first though).
    // Outside KDE, call xdg-open if present, otherwise fallback to the above logic.
 
This fixes the "kfmclient not installed" problem as well as the "kde apps always launch konqueror
even in gnome" problem.