Linux + spark: no open links

Ana_Gomez · April 3, 2008, 1:34pm

Hello,

I’m using spark with Fedora core 5 and when a user send a web link in a window chat, it can’t be opened. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Ana_Gomez · April 3, 2008, 4:58pm

Looking through source code i have found that “netscape” its hardcoded into the sources. Is there anyway to launch firefox without recompilation?

Bill4 · April 4, 2008, 4:40pm

You could create an alias or symlink that points to firefox as quick test to verify that the hardcoded entry is causing your issue.

Ana_Gomez · April 6, 2008, 10:56am

Hello, I have tried with a symbolic link to firefox and it doesn’t work. Although it works with konqueror and for the moment it is enough for me.

Thanks for the answer.

xiao · July 7, 2008, 11:31pm

I had this problem for a while as well and finally looked around and found this post…

Here is what worked for me…

as root:

ln -s /usr/bin/firefox-3.0 /usr/bin/netscape

and worked perfectly by opening a test link from a previous chat in a new tab in my open firefox session.

Hope that helps!

Ken3 · July 11, 2008, 1:55am

Thanks! This fixes for me in ubuntu 8.04

Andrew_Seymour · July 11, 2008, 8:28am

This bug has been fixed in Spark 2.6.0 (SVN)

Intelliant · April 12, 2012, 4:45pm

I am using Spark 2.6.3 and it does not work for me.

Intelliant · April 13, 2012, 2:21pm

This seems to be fixed in the trunk.

However the same is not available in the latest stable build -2.6.3 that is available for use.

The workaround did not work for us, hence we had to go the length.

Ideal_Life · February 16, 2016, 4:13pm

Spark 2.7.5 on Ubuntu 15.10 - Problem is still there. Clicking on a link does nothing.

wroot · February 16, 2016, 8:21pm

Seems to be working for me. What format of link? Both http://www.example.com and www.example.com worked for me.

Ideal_Life · February 16, 2016, 8:26pm

Both. Spark shows the links properly in Blue and with an underline. But clicking on it invokes nothing. How do I troubleshoot this?

EDIT: Also, when receiving a file, clicking on “Open” or “Open Folder” does nothing.

Ideal_Life · February 16, 2016, 8:49pm

From the log:

Feb 16, 2016 3:48:56 PM org.jivesoftware.spark.util.log.Log error

SEVERE: Error launching browser:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Desktop API is not supported on the current platform

at java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop(Desktop.java:144)

at org.jivesoftware.spark.util.BrowserLauncher.openURL(BrowserLauncher.java:37)

at org.jivesoftware.spark.ui.ChatArea.mouseClicked(ChatArea.java:506)

at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseClicked(AWTEventMulticaster.java:270)

at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseClicked(AWTEventMulticaster.java:269)

at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6538)

at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3324)

at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6300)

at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2236)

at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4891)

at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2294)

at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4713)

at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4888)

at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4534)

at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4466)

at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2280)

at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2750)

at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4713)

at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)

at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)

at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)

at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(P rotectionDomain.java:76)

at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(P rotectionDomain.java:86)

at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:731)

at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:729)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(P rotectionDomain.java:76)

at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)

at org.jivesoftware.sparkimpl.plugin.idle.UserIdlePlugin$1.dispatchEvent(UserIdleP lugin.java:182)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:20 1)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:10 5)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

wroot · February 16, 2016, 8:54pm

Well, i have Ubuntu 15.10 and Xubuntu 15.10 virtual machines, so i’m testing sending messages between them (32-bit btw). I use tar.gz archive of Spark which has Java bundled with (actually it is a bit newer build, but i don’t think it should affect this, as it worked with 2.7.2 also). I have Firefox as my browser in both.

With files i can Open Folder on both machines. But pressing Open on Xubuntu gives Error (no such folder or file) and on Ubuntu it does nothing. Filing as [SPARK-1698] Can’t open received file on Ubuntu - Jive Software Open Source

You can try looking into Spark\logs\error.log

wroot · February 16, 2016, 8:59pm

I’ve found this about that API error (you are using gnome classic instead of Unity?) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18004150/desktop-api-is-not-supported-on-the- current-platform

sudo apt-get install libgnome2-0

Ideal_Life · February 16, 2016, 9:00pm

error.log is empty

Running latest Google chrome and 64bit OS.

Spark 2.7.5

Build: 752

Ignite Realtime

Apache License, Version 2.0

www.igniterealtime.org

Smack Version: 3.3.1

JRE Version: 1.8.0_66

Ideal_Life · February 16, 2016, 9:01pm

Running Unity. libgnome2-0 is installed.

wroot · February 16, 2016, 9:09pm

Can’t suggest anything else. Filed as [SPARK-1699] Can’t open URL links on some linux systems - Jive Software Open Source

wroot · March 20, 2016, 8:16pm

A patch has been applied to fix this issue. Please, try the latest build http://bamboo.igniterealtime.org/artifact/SPARK-INSTALL4J/shared/build-792/Insta ll4j/spark_2_7_6_792.tar.gz

Ideal_Life · March 22, 2016, 1:28pm

The patch did not fix the issue.

SEVERE: Error launching browser:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Desktop API is not supported on the current platform

at java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop(Desktop.java:144)

at org.jivesoftware.spark.util.BrowserLauncher.openURL(BrowserLauncher.java:37)

at org.jivesoftware.MainWindow$9.actionPerformed(MainWindow.java:614)

at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)

at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2348)

at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)

at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)

at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:376)

at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:833)

at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.ja va:877)

at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6535)

at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3324)

at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6300)

at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2236)

at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4891)

at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2294)

at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4713)

at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4888)

at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4525)

at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4466)

at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2280)

at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2750)

at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4713)

at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)

at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)

at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)

at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(P rotectionDomain.java:76)

at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(P rotectionDomain.java:86)

at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:731)

at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:729)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(P rotectionDomain.java:76)

at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)

at org.jivesoftware.sparkimpl.plugin.idle.UserIdlePlugin$1.dispatchEvent(UserIdleP lugin.java:241)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:20 1)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:10 5)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)