63755 - Cannot find Plugin downloader plugin -> OK -> crash

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Reproducable: Always
Reproduction:
1. Delete <instdir>/plugins/* (incl. libnullplugin.so)
2. Open a page which references a plugin
-> A dialog comes up, telling you that the automatic-plugin-downloading plugins
cannot be found. It has only an OK button and a checkbox "don't show again".]
3. Check "Don't show again".
4. Click OK.
-> Crash
5. Repeat step 2 and note that the dialog comes up again.

A user or distributor might not want the automatic downloader. Deleting it is
completely legal and makes sense.

Comment 1

[shrirang khanzode]

used 0108 linux trunk build. Went to java.sun.com, I do not see the crash, 
however the dialog does pop up again even after I select "Don't show again" 
chekbox the first time. reducing severity.

Comment 2

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Yup, I noticed later that it only happens at that special page I was visiting.
Sorry for forgetting to update the bug. Unfortuantely, I also forgot the URL of
the page causing the problem.

Comment 3

[shrirang khanzode]

removing crash keyword and resummarizing...

Comment 4

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

No, it *is* a crasher, just that we lost the URL that happened to trigger it.
Please file a new bug about the "Don't show again" checkbox not working.

Comment 5

[shrirang khanzode]

ok will do, but u gotta get the url :)

Comment 6

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

> u gotta get the url :)

I got to the page from an ad, so I have not much chance to find it again :-(.

Either a developer looks in the source sometime, or we close as WFM.

Comment 7

[shrirang khanzode]

let me try to recreate this for a while...

Comment 8

[Peter Lubczynski]

This is a bad crash and probably happens a lot. Setting target milestone as this 
should be fixed.

Also, can you see if you get a stack trace on Linux? Thanks.

Comment 9

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

> probably happens a lot

YOu have to delete the default plugin. While this is valid and will be done, I
wouldn't say, it happens a lot.

Sure, it should be fixed... :)

> Also, can you see if you get a stack trace on Linux?

Hardly, since I cannot reproduce it anymore.

Comment 10

[shrirang khanzode]

ahh, I can't reproduce on either platforms. I do not crash at all (still 
trying..)

Comment 11

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

For the unlikely case that it helps: I clicked on an ad for Audi, the German car
manufacturer, on a German page, so the problematic page was probably on
www.audi.de. (Yes, I checked my history already, but I don't have the URL there.)

Comment 12

[av (gone)]

I was unlucky to reproduce the crash with yesterday trunk build on Linux. 
Marking WFM.

Comment 13

[Peter Lubczynski]

Yes, I confirm. This is working nicely for me too.

Comment 14

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

ok