130793 - Preferences don't seem to save

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[Saurabh Asthana]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020311
BuildID:    2002031104

The "Navigator" preferences don't seem to save for one of my profiles (one that
was converted from communicator - the one I created in mozilla seems to work
just fine.) When I enter a homepage, or change my button selection, and click
"OK", next time I go to the "Navigator" preferences, all the fields are blank.
Doesn't appear to save the information, either (i.e., not just a display issue),
because when I set a homepage and re-start the browser, it doesn't go to any
homepage.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to Edit/Preferences => Navigator with a converted profile
2. Enter a new homepage or change your button selection
3. Click "OK"

Actual Results:  didn't save as expected

Expected Results:  Should have set my homepage or changed my toolbar button
selection

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Reporter: Can you attach your prefs.js from your profile to this bug ?

Comment 2

[Andrew Hagen]

Reporter, can you reproduce this problem on a new profile? Please attach your
prefs.js.

Comment 3

[Michael Lefevre]

no response from reporter for going on 90 days. resolving WFM.

reporter (Saurabh): if you still have this problem with a recent build of
mozilla, please reopen this bug and attach your prefs.js file as requested. thanks.

Comment 4

[Mihail Daskalov]

I have similar problem.
I cannot save any preferences (probably it's preferences UI problem).
I make changes e.g. change my proxy, click ok.
Then I open the prefences dialog again, and I see the old value. (This is
without restarting the browser).


I don't know how I proveked this situation. 
Basically what I did is described below.
I installed differenent Mozilla's (between 1.0 and the lates TRUNK build).
I installed a couple of skins.
I was always using the same profile.

Yeasterday, I noticed this problem, because somehow my profile info was changed
( I had lost the line with
user_pref("network.proxy.type", 1);
So my dialog looked like I have a proxy enabled but it the radio-button didn't
reflect this state (it was showing Direct Connection).

I found out that in JavaScript console there were messages generated.

Error: val has no properties
Source File: chrome://global/content/bindings/radio.xml#radiogroup.selectedItem
(setter)
Line: 5

This messages is generated everytime I select Proxies (in the advanced catagory)
in the preferences dialog.

This happens with Build 2002082308, on Windows NT.
The same problem also happened with Build 2002082108 from latest-1.0
and also with Build 20020818xx from latest-1.1

I will try this with a new profile once I finish writing this comment.

Comment 5

[Mihail Daskalov]

I have tested this with another old profile, and there was no problem.
What should I delete from my current profile (and probably back it up, and
analyze it, attach it here) to correct the problem?

Comment 6

[Wesha]

*** Bug 164425 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

mass-verifying WorksForMe bugs.

reopen only if this bug is still a problem with a *recent trunk build*.

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