[Evolution] Need help with getting evo to launch a browser

[Paul Hands <phands cadence com>]

Hi all,

This is NOT the usual FAQ regarding getting "my favourite browser" to launch from evolution.  I've been through all the usual steps for this.

Simply put, I got a new laptop.  I added evolution and XD2, just like on my old laptop.  Both are running SuSE 8.2 and version 1.4.4 of evo and connector.  When I click on a link, either in an email, or in the summary, nothing happens, except that an error message appears in the calling shell window :- 

(evolution:9380): GLib-CRITICAL **: file gshell.c: line 603 (g_shell_parse_argv): assertion `command_line != NULL' failed

I've been into control center and set the URL handler to be galeon, mozilla, gnome-moz-remote and even a test script.

I suspect something is wrong with GConf, but I don't know where to start looking.  Everything is up to date in red-carpet.  

Upgrading to evolution-1.4.4.0.200309090601-0.snap.ximian.7.1 makes no difference. 
Gconf is gconf2-2.2.0-37.ximian.7.7

I can't see any obvious difference between the two machines.

Anyone have any ideas what I might tackle next?

Regards,

Paul