97500 - stubs: installer quits after download completes; need to rerun installer

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 97249

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

i've been seeing this for the past several days... i'm not sure if this due to
my current linux use: last week there were NFS problems and i wasn't able to
access my /u/sairuh dir --so, as a workaround, i have [and still am for the time
being] been using a local account on my box [located in /home/perf].

anyhow, to summarize: when i use the stubs linux installer, the installer quits
after component download completes. i need rerun the installer to actually
install the product.

1. download the linux commercial stubs installer. for each build i always create
and download a unique directory.
2. decompress the file, then cd into the netscape-installer dir.
3. run the installer: entered './netscape-installer' [without the quotes, o'course].
4. selected the target dir [the one i created in step 1] and selected a custom
installation.
5. i selected all components except for Java; and i left the proxy panel untouched.
6. click the Install button and watched the download progress.

actual result: after all the component files have finished downloading, the
installation dialog disappears.

7. i rerun the installer. result: i need to go thru steps 4-6 again [no proxy
panel, tho'], but installation then happily installs the product.

let me know if you need further info!

Comment 1

[Sean Su]

reassigning to Syd.

This bug sounds very similar to bug 97249, but with the exception of the crash.

Comment 2

[Sean Su]

What version of linux are you running on?  I just tried today's build
(2001-08-29-08-trunk) under RedHad 6.2, and it ran fine.

Comment 3

[K'Trina Medina]

I installed today's build (2001-08-29-08-trunk) using RedHat 6.1 and 7.0 and it 
ran fine for me too.

Comment 4

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

i have RH 6.2 with the gnome desktop and the sawmill wm. the local and network
accounts i use on this box are the same in that respect --the only differences
there being that the wm theme and background image differ [mainly so i can
visually tell who i'm logged in as :)].

Comment 5

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

happened again today with the 8am stubs. but this time an error dialog persisted
for more than a miscrosecond, which said something to effect of, "some files
didn't download successfully." odd, since rerunning the installer seems to
install the app just fine [afaict].

Comment 6

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

what's the status on this?

this continues to be a problem with both branch and trunk bits. it's also still
a problem when i'm logged back as myself ['sairuh', non-local account] on my
linux box at the office; also a problem on my home linux box.

here's a console msg i get today [with 2001.09.13.08-trunk comm bits]:

Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkprogress.c: line 518 (gtk_progress_set_percentage):
assertion `percentage >= 0 && percentage <= 1.0' failed.

Comment 7

[Grace Bush]

Adding David and Curt to cc list-
this is bug discussed yesterday at meeting

Comment 8

[Jaime Rodriguez, Jr.]

What's the frequency of this crash?

nsbranch-, unless anyone can convince me it deserves a +.

Comment 9

[Syd Logan]

Should be plus, but is a dupe.

Comment 10

[Syd Logan]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 97249 ***

Comment 11

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

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