139711 - Proxy: settings lost after using Netscape 6.2.1 browser

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 107694

(Core :: Networking, defect)

Description

[Michael]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 4.0; Q312461)
BuildID:    2002041711

I am using Netscape 6.2.1 as well as Mozilla on my machine.
When I select "manual proxy configuration" and set up the values for http, ssl 
and ftp (Port 8080 for each) in Mozilla everything works fine.

But after I have used the Netscape browser, the proxy is set to "direct 
connection to the internet" and the field for the http port is empty.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. select "manual proxy configuration"
2. set ip address and port for http, ssl, ftp
3. close preferences dialog and the Mozilla browser
4. start Netscape 6.2.1
5. close Netscape 6.2.1
6. open again Mozilla preferences (proxy settings)


Actual Results:  The proxy is set to "direct connection to the internet" and 
the field for the http port is empty.



Expected Results:  The proxy should still be set to "manual proxy 
configuration" and the field for the http port should still be "8080".

Comment 1

[benc]

Are you familiar w/ prefs.js? Can you do each step again, but open prefs.js in
Notepad.exe and copy out the "networking.proxy.*" prefs?

I'll send you some documents I'm about to move to mozilla.org, so you can get
some background on what you are looking for.

Comment 2

[Mel Reyes]

I've noticed this A LOT after I do a complete uninstall and reinstall of daily
builds, just happened with 061108 build yesterday/today.  I usually just install
builds over each other, but I think you might be able to reproduce this by
uninstalling/reinstalling a few times.  I also manually delete the mozilla
install directory and sometimes leave the plugins directory.  BTW, this is on
Windows XP Pro.

Comment 3

[benc]

In order to isolate this problem, we need to see what the prefs.js is after each
step.

Set prefs in mozilla, check prefs.js.

Run Netscape 6.2.1, view Prefs UI, check prefs.js.

Quit Netscape 6.2.1, view Prefs UI, check prefs.js.

Somewhere along the line, a problem will reveal itself.

Comment 4

[Bert Brunekreeft]

prefs.js when proxy settings in Mozilla are ok: 

# Mozilla User Preferences
// This is a generated file!

user_pref("browser.bookmarks.added_static_root", true);
user_pref("browser.download.dir", "D:\\Bert\\Downloads\\Netscape");
user_pref
("browser.history.last_page_visited", "http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/");
user_pref("browser.search.defaultengine", "engine://D%3A%5CProgram%20Files%
5CNetscape%5CNetscape%206%5Csearchplugins%5CSBWeb_01.src");
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.google.com/");
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "rv:1.0.0");
user_pref("intl.charsetmenu.browser.cache", "ISO-8859-1, windows-1250, windows-
1252, UTF-8");
user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 0);
user_pref("network.ftp.anonymous_password", "");
user_pref("network.proxy.socks", "10.0.0.10");
user_pref("network.proxy.socks_port", 1080);
user_pref("network.proxy.type", 1);
user_pref("prefs.converted-to-utf8", true);
user_pref("security.warn_entering_secure", false);
user_pref("security.warn_leaving_secure", false);
user_pref("security.warn_submit_insecure", false);
user_pref("signon.SignonFileName", "13583057.s");
user_pref("timebomb.first_launch_time", "1013583035295000");
user_pref("wallet.SchemaValueFileName", "13583057.w");



Prefs.js after starting and stopping Netscape 6.2.3:

# Mozilla User Preferences
// This is a generated file!

user_pref("browser.bookmarks.added_static_root", true);
user_pref("browser.download.dir", "D:\\Bert\\Downloads\\Netscape");
user_pref
("browser.history.last_page_visited", "http://wp.netscape.com/browsers/6/su_setu
p62.html");
user_pref("browser.search.defaultengine", "engine://D%3A%5CProgram%20Files%
5CNetscape%5CNetscape%206%5Csearchplugins%5CSBWeb_01.src");
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.google.com/");
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "rv:0.9.4.1");
user_pref("intl.charsetmenu.browser.cache", "windows-1250, windows-1252, UTF-
8");
user_pref("network.ftp.anonymous_password", "");
user_pref("network.proxy.socks", "10.0.0.10");
user_pref("network.proxy.socks_port", 1080);
user_pref("prefs.converted-to-utf8", true);
user_pref("security.warn_entering_secure", false);
user_pref("security.warn_leaving_secure", false);
user_pref("security.warn_submit_insecure", false);
user_pref("signon.SignonFileName", "13583057.s");
user_pref("timebomb.first_launch_time", "1013583035295000");
user_pref("wallet.SchemaValueFileName", "13583057.w");

Comment 5

[benc]

You are losing:

user_pref("network.proxy.type", 1);

Possibly related to the files in defaults/prefs. Can you check them for any
lines that set newtork.proxy.type?

If not, then we need to look at about:config between the versions (I'll give
steps if my hunch is wrong).

Comment 6

[chris barr]

I lost ALL email settings 5 days after upgrading to newest Mozilla on Aug. 9.
Comments here LOOK VERY HELPFUL
Thanks ..

Comment 7

[Andrew Hagen]

Do not use the same profile for Mozilla and Netscape or you risk profile
corruption. (Thus, do not use the same mailstore, either.) This is a duplicate. 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 107694 ***

Comment 8

[benc]

I'd still like to know what is going wrong, but Andrew's point about general
usability is correct.

Comment 9

[Marcia Knous [:marcia]]

V/dupe.