252514 - Netflix log in produces javascript error 80004005 nsIDOMHTMLFormElement.submit, and fails with Password Manager (bad password file?)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Password Manager, defect)

Description

[Joseph Delaney]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040628 Firefox/0.9.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040628 Firefox/0.9.1

Trying to log in to Netflix works in Mozilla but fails in Firefox. In Firefox
the Javascript console shows 

"Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMHTMLFormElement.submit]" nsresult:
"0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS
frame::http://www.netflix.com/layout/jscript/shared.js?v=2004070800::submitIt::line
 276" data: no]

Bug 236589 may have some bearing, maybe not.  



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to the netflix login page. No account is necessary (you won't get that far)
2. Type in some information
3. Click the "Continue" button

Actual Results:  
The "continue" button changes to a "please wait" showing that the javascript is
executing, but the form never submits.

Comment 1

[Marco]

WFM on Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7)
Gecko/20040628 Firefox/0.9.1

Form submission works, no errors in the JS console.

Comment 2

[Joseph Delaney]

OK, I turned off "Remember passwords" in the preferences, now I can log in.

I turn "Remember passwords" off, and I can no longer log in. I get the same
javascript error. So it seems the problem is with the Password Manager. 

Comment 3

[Joseph Delaney]

Moreover, deleting my passwords file restored normal behavior, so this might be
a migration issue from earlier versions of firefox to 0.9

Prior to deleting the passwords file, firefox was not autofilling the password
although it was prompting me for the master password (unless the master password
had been typed in earlier), but since I could not remember if I had clicked
"never for this site" that did not strike me as all that odd. After deleting the
password file it works as expected.

Comment 4

[Hiro]

wfm.
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; ja-JP; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050204
Firefox/1.0+

Comment 5

[José Jeria]

Also WFM: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b)
Gecko/20050205 Firefox/1.0+

Pleae reopen if you can reproduce with a nightly build and a fresh profile.