277605 - cannot install extensions, exception thrown from nsIRDFContainer.init

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Giovanni]

I have a buggy dsl connection that at times get stuck for some minutes :-(

Trying to install an extension (magpie-3.1.2-fx.xpi) I didn't receive any
feedback from Firefox, so I tried downloading it... then the extension install
dialog box appeared (a couple of times) and I 'canceled' the operation... but
afterwards I could not install extensions anymore (and even the extensions
installed previously were not shown anymore).
I uninstalled and reinstalled firefox, even tried using either the italian and
us-english versions.

Then I remembered to check into the javascript console... it appears that each
time I try to install an extension the same error message gets generated:

Errore: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005
(NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIRDFContainer.Init]"  nsresult: "0x80004005
(NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame ::
file:///C:/PROGRA~1/MOZILL~1/components/nsExtensionManager.js ::
nsExtensionsDataSource_addDownload :: line 4023"  data: no]
File sorgente: file:///C:/PROGRA~1/MOZILL~1/components/nsExtensionManager.js
Riga: 4023

(and since I have Thunderbird and Sunbird installed, too, I checked and
C:/PROGRA~1/MOZILL~1 IS the 'Mozilla Firefox' directory)

Comment 1

[Nickolay_Ponomarev]

Looks like your extensions datasource got corrupted (?). You can "fix" the
problem with creating a new profile, see http://mozilla.org/support/firefox/

Information on how to reproduce this problem or thoughts on what might have
caused it are appreciated.

Comment 2

[Giovanni]

Yes, the problem does not appear anymore for a different profile.
The only insight I have at the moment is that I probably interrupted the
download because of the delay caused by my connection.
I've since tried to download and install some extensions and didn't have the
same problem again.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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