241531 - Firefox does not install themes in cvs build

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[hoarycripple]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8a) Gecko/20040423 Firefox/0.8.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8a) Gecko/20040423 Firefox/0.8.0+

When trying to install a theme from the Tools > Options > Themes menu, firefox
hangs on the download of the theme itself.  This occurs as a regular user or as
root.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to themes option
2.Click "Get New Themes"
3.Click "install" on any theme on the page

Actual Results:  
"Download" window pops up, and does not download or install the theme

Expected Results:  
Theme installs properly

Comment 1

[hoarycripple]

After much testing, I found that the problem was not in Firefox, but in my
network card.  My card is busted in such a way that it fails on certain
downloads.  But most of the time it (the card) works normally.  After replacing
the NIC with a new one, the problem with themes is resolved.