Closed Bug 245585 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

Mozilla Calendar crashes on startup after editing categories

Categories

(Calendar :: General, defect)

Product:
Calendar
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows NT
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: hans, Assigned: mostafah)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.8a2) Gecko/20040603 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.8a2) Gecko/20040603 Mozilla Calendar crashes every time I start it from the Mozilla browser's Window menu. The last time I had Calendar running, I edited the event categories somewhere under "preferences-calendar". Calendar (or Mozilla) crashed while I was typing in the edit field, and since then, I can't start calendar. The changes I made to the categories did not get saved (of course). Even tried reinstall (only calendar, not the whole of mozilla), but to no avail. I filed a report with the feedback assistant. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start mozilla using the -P command line switch, with a profile that launches the browser. 2. Select "Calendar" from the "Window" menu. Actual Results: Crash with access violation. Expected Results: Should've launched calendar. This is the latest verion of mozilla and of calendar (or at least, is was when I installed it, 90 mins ago). Is there a way to get rid of the calendar component so I can have a fresh installation, w/o having to remove an install the whole of mozilla?
hmm, sounds like your calendar directory/files in your profile directory were set as read only, can you verify?
Assuming the directory you are referring to ist the Calendar subdirectory of my mozilla profile (*.slt) directory: No, the directory and its files are not flagged readonly, and the user under which I am logged in has full access. Does calendar use a user account different from the one I am logged on? (This is WinNT 4.0)
Tried granting full access to everyone, but it didn't help.
Hmm we use the calendar profile as specified, 1.8a2 I assume is a recent nightly? Do you build your own nightly or download it, and did you get mozilla calendar from www.mozilla.org... or from a localized version?
I downloaded calendar from the "Install Nightly" link on http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/download.html. No localized version. Am going to install today's nightly and will report back in a few minutes.
Ok, no change in bevaviour using the latest nightly. Btw, the download page says the current version is 1.7RC2. How do I uninstall the calendar component?
Actually as I think about it, does this happen when you already have a version of Mozilla (Suite, any window) open, and THEN open a new profile? Sounds like windows may be locking the calendar dll(s) and/or other files under the app dir on load somehow.
Re comment #7: It happens when I select Calendar from the Window menu before I do anything else with mozilla. I don't use the quick start, so I'm sure no part of mozilla is active before I manually start mozilla. Which are the "the calendar dll(s) and/or other files" you are talking about? Maybe I can delete and re-install them.
components (dlls) are a bit harder to track down... (read I can't remember top of my head) I'll ping mostafah about this bug when he's not busy to see if he can comment on thoughts. I'm nearly out of them myself.
Today's update: I installed the nightly mozilla build 1.8.0.2004060809, then installed the latest calendar, but the problem persists.
Did you try Mostafahs *test* xpi, also dated 20040609 ? It solved a possibly related crashing problem for bug 245981, which occurrs when alarms are pending when calendar20040408 is started. If not, please find the talkback ID and post it here. I did not find anything when searching talkback comments for 245585. (there are instructions at bug 245981#c3 )
Created a new talkback report TB86704M. Sorry I didn't record the previous ID. How do I get the test xpi?
Bug 245981 looks like a duplicate of this one. Actually, I can start calendar using "mozilla -calendar" on the command line, but not from within mail/browser.
Found the test build, installed, started once - at least one alarm went off. Now the "normal" nightly calendar works again. A bit unsatisfactory though: Will calendar crash every time an alarm is overdue?
seems to be an WFM to me, but there was some strange behaviour in this bug. Maybe related to him using an nightly? Resolve? as WFM or WONTFIX?
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
WORKSFORME ist right. I just had an overdue alarm and nothing crashed.
well Hans, Alarms crashing mozilla is not this bug, it was other bug(s) [not at hand]...however due to the description of this bug, and comments therein I would have to agree with the WFM vote, if you still (in a new build) cannot open Calendar from the window menu, please reopen and provide as much detail as you can.
The bugspam monkeys have been set free and are feeding on Calendar :: General. Be afraid for your sanity!
QA Contact: gurganbl → general
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