19072 - M11 mozilla.exe fails to load DLLs on Win95 OSR2

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: XPCOM, defect, P3)

Description

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Milestone 11 fails to start for me on Windows 95, OSR2. On running mozilla.exe,
the following is output to the console:

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nsNativeComponentLoader: SelfRegisterDll(C:\MOZILLA\BIN\components\gkhtml.dll)
Load FAILED with error: error 0
**************************************************
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nsNativeComponentLoader: SelfRegisterDll
(C:\MOZILLA\BIN\components\gkparser.dll) Load FAILED with error: error 0
**************************************************
**************************************************
nsNativeComponentLoader: SelfRegisterDll(C:\MOZILLA\BIN\components\pics.dll)
Load FAILED with error: error 0
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nsNativeComponentLoader: SelfRegisterDll
(C:\MOZILLA\BIN\components\TestDynamic.dll) Load FAILED with error: error 0
**************************************************
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nsNativeComponentLoader: SelfRegisterDll
(C:\MOZILLA\BIN\components\xpacct32.dll) Load FAILED with error: error 0
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nsNativeComponentLoader: GetFactory(C:\MOZILLA\BIN\components\pics.dll) Load
FAILED with error: error 0
**************************************************

After this output, mozilla.exe terminates.

This is a fresh M11 install. M9 was previously installed, but I deleted it,
plus c:\windows\mozregistry.dat. If I run viewer.exe instead, I get the same
thing to the console, followed by an "illegal operation" with this debug info:

VIEWER caused an invalid page fault in
module COOKIE.DLL at 0137:600f1d89.
Registers:
EAX=80040154 CS=0137 EIP=600f1d89 EFLGS=00010206
EBX=600f817c SS=013f ESP=0064fbf8 EBP=0064fc24
ECX=0064fc20 DS=013f ESI=00000000 FS=513f
EDX=817352a4 ES=013f EDI=80000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 06 53 56 ff 50 48 85 c7 74 04 6a 00 eb 03 ff
Stack dump:
0064fc20 007bb7f0 00000000 80000000 dc26e0e0 11d1ca94 8000a4a9 c47a8a5f
00000000 600f12f4 00000000 0064fc68 600f12ff 0064fd28 007bb950 00000000

Comment 1

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Playing around got it to run. urltest.exe revealed that msvcirt.dll is needed,
searching revealed that I don't have it. Obtained it, dropped it in c:\windows,
deleted c:\windows\mozregistry.dat. At this point mozilla.exe terminates
without producing *any* output. Deleted M11 and re-unzipped it. Deleted
c:\windows\mozregistry.dat. Now mozilla starts properly. Should probably
mention msvcirt.dll in the release notes, as it doesn't seem to be standard on
win95 installations.

Comment 2

[Suresh Duddi (gone)]

Tina, can you add this to the release notes please.

Comment 3

[Tina Ornduff]

reassigning to Vera Horiuchi, the writer responsible for the release note.

Comment 4

[verah (gone)]

dp, is obtaining msvcirt.dll and dropping it in c:/windows sufficient? Where can
it be obtained? Thanks.

Comment 5

[verah (gone)]

Okay, this is now noted in the M11 Release Notes: "The file, "msvcirt.dll" must
be in your c:/windows directory (Windows only). Install any Netscape 4.x
version to obtain this file. (See bug # 19072.)" The release notes are at:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/release-notes/m11-detail.html#read_thi
s

Changing status to fixed.