172913 - SyntaxError at startup

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 193638

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[David K Leikam]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.2a) Gecko/20020910
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.2a) Gecko/20020910

This report might need to be split into: the bug itself; and the manner in which
it is presented.
Every time I start the browser, I get an error dialogue,
---------------------------- 
An error occured reading the startup configuration file. Please contact your
administrator.
line 125: SyntaxError: unterminated string literal.
user_pref("mail.server.server1.host
-------------------------

I have grepped and manually looked for this string, but can't find it in any
file. There's nothing to indicate what "startup configuration file" means.

Second, this error is presented in a window which refuses to come forward. I
have to minimize every other open window just to get to it, in order to dismiss
it. An error window like this should definitely assert itself to the front,
rather than hiding behind all other windows and refusing to come forward.

I reinstalled Mozilla, no difference. Reinstalled to a different (new)
directory, no difference. Reverted to a previous version, ditto.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Just start Mozilla
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Error dialogue, shy and hiding in the background

Expected Results:  
Identified the filename of the offending configuration file, at minimum.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Reporter:
You "prefs.js" file is corupt.
This can happen if
a) your system crashes
b) mozilla crashes

Please try to repair the line in the file prefs.js (in your profile folder) or
create a new profile. You can also try to replace it with the copy of that file
(prefs.bak) but i think that is possible also corrupt now.)
The profile is not deleted if you deinstall mozilla

-> invalid (no bug)

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

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Comment 3

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 193638 ***