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[Bug 917255] [NEW] Location of "Ubuntu" in user agent string causes Firefox to be treated as "mobile"

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Public bug reported:

http://www.property24.com/ currently does not open. Instead it suggests
downloading "mobile.aspx".

Changing the UA string by removing "Ubuntu" from the string or
relocating it allows proper access to the page.

In other words,
Firefox 9.0.1:: Mozilla/5.0 (Ubuntu; X11; Linux i686; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1 does not work.
Firefox 9.0.1:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101, Ubuntu, Firefox/9.0.1 works.

Other Linux distros (not related to Ubuntu) do not have a problem. Nor
does Chromium sourced from Ubuntu. In the case of Chromium, "Ubuntu"
does not precede "X11" and is placed lower down in the string, after
"(KHTML, like Gecko)".

There have been reports of two other sites not opening with Ubuntu's Firefox, or mistaking Ubuntu's Firefox as a mobile platform:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1821427
and
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=88994

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: firefox 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic-pae 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  aes        1656 F.... pulseaudio
AuditLog:
 
BuildID: 20111228084953
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6afc000 irq 47'
   Mixer name	: 'IDT 92HD71B7X'
   Components	: 'HDA:111d76b2,102802aa,00100302'
   Controls      : 25
   Simple ctrls  : 16
Channel: release
Date: Mon Jan 16 22:10:07 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions:
 DOM Inspector - ID=inspector@xxxxxxxxxxx, Version=2.0.10, minVersion=1.9a1, maxVersion=8.0a1, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
 Inspect Context - ID=inspectcontext@xxxxxxx, Version=1.00, minVersion=2.0, maxVersion=10.*, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
 SimpleBlock - ID=SimpleBlock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Version=0.0.7, minVersion=3.0, maxVersion=10.*, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
 Stylish - ID={46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}, Version=1.2.4, minVersion=2.0, maxVersion=10.*, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 115.69.240.3 dev ppp0  proto static 
 115.69.240.3 dev ppp0  proto kernel  scope link  src 115.69.244.111 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0  scope link  metric 1000
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=11.0a2/20120116042010 (Out of date)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (93 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/25/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.name: 0J037P
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd02/25/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1545:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0J037P:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1545
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity

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Title:
  Location of "Ubuntu" in user agent string causes Firefox to be treated
  as "mobile"

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  http://www.property24.com/ currently does not open. Instead it
  suggests downloading "mobile.aspx".

  Changing the UA string by removing "Ubuntu" from the string or
  relocating it allows proper access to the page.

  In other words,
  Firefox 9.0.1:: Mozilla/5.0 (Ubuntu; X11; Linux i686; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1 does not work.
  Firefox 9.0.1:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101, Ubuntu, Firefox/9.0.1 works.

  Other Linux distros (not related to Ubuntu) do not have a problem. Nor
  does Chromium sourced from Ubuntu. In the case of Chromium, "Ubuntu"
  does not precede "X11" and is placed lower down in the string, after
  "(KHTML, like Gecko)".

  There have been reports of two other sites not opening with Ubuntu's Firefox, or mistaking Ubuntu's Firefox as a mobile platform:
  http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1821427
  and
  http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=88994

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: firefox 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic-pae 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  ArecordDevices:
   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
   card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
     Subdevices: 2/2
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
     Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  aes        1656 F.... pulseaudio
  AuditLog:
   
  BuildID: 20111228084953
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6afc000 irq 47'
     Mixer name	: 'IDT 92HD71B7X'
     Components	: 'HDA:111d76b2,102802aa,00100302'
     Controls      : 25
     Simple ctrls  : 16
  Channel: release
  Date: Mon Jan 16 22:10:07 2012
  ForcedLayersAccel: False
  IfupdownConfig:
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  IncompatibleExtensions:
   DOM Inspector - ID=inspector@xxxxxxxxxxx, Version=2.0.10, minVersion=1.9a1, maxVersion=8.0a1, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
   Inspect Context - ID=inspectcontext@xxxxxxx, Version=1.00, minVersion=2.0, maxVersion=10.*, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
   SimpleBlock - ID=SimpleBlock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Version=0.0.7, minVersion=3.0, maxVersion=10.*, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
   Stylish - ID={46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}, Version=1.2.4, minVersion=2.0, maxVersion=10.*, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  IpRoute:
   default via 115.69.240.3 dev ppp0  proto static 
   115.69.240.3 dev ppp0  proto kernel  scope link  src 115.69.244.111 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0  scope link  metric 1000
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=11.0a2/20120116042010 (Out of date)
  RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
  SourcePackage: firefox
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (93 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 02/25/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A05
  dmi.board.name: 0J037P
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd02/25/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1545:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0J037P:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1545
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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