Bug#236516: konqueror: Konqueror fails to load URLs (apparent URL rewriting issue)

[Algis Rudys <arudys@rice.edu>]

Package: konqueror
Version: 4:3.2.1-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Greetings --

After upgrading unstable (upgrading konqueror from 4:3.1.5-2 to 
current): 

In an already running konqueror, I get the following error: 

When I try to load a URL (either by typing a URL in the location bar or 
by using Location -> Open location, Konqueror fails to load the web 
page. 

Suppose the URL is "http://www.google.com/";.  Konqueror gives the error 
page: 

"
An error occured while loading http://www.google.com/:


The process for the http://www.google.com protocol died unexpectedly.
"

Note in particular the ":" after http://www.google.com/ in the message; 
this is not in the URL I typed but it is in the error message (I'm 
guessing there's a connection). 

When I restart konqueror and try to load http://www.google.com/, I get 
an error dialog: 

Protocol not supported: http

And the menu item "Configure Konqueror" has no effect. 

Thanks,
Algis R.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.24-trystero-1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages konqueror depends on:
ii  kcontrol                    4:3.2.1-1    KDE Control Center
ii  kdebase-kio-plugins         4:3.2.1-1    KDE I/O Slaves
ii  kdelibs4                    4:3.2.1-1    KDE core libraries
ii  kdesktop                    4:3.2.1-1    KDE Desktop
ii  kfind                       4:3.2.1-1    KDE File Find Utility
ii  libart-2.0-2                2.3.16-1     Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libfam0c102                 2.7.0-5      client library to control the FAM 
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.3.3-1    GCC support library
ii  libice6                     4.3.0-5      Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                   6b-9         The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libkonq4                    4:3.2.1-1    Core libraries for KDE's file mana
ii  libpcre3                    4.3-4        Philip Hazel's Perl 5 Compatible R
ii  libpng12-0                  1.2.5.0-5    PNG library - runtime
ii  libqt3c102-mt               3:3.2.3-2    Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libsm6                      4.3.0-5      X Window System Session Management
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.3-1    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                    4.3.0-5      X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                    4.3.0-5      X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxrender1                 0.8.3-5      X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  xlibs                       4.3.0-5      X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1-4    compression library - runtime

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