277964 - unknown error

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[John Davis]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041217
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041217

when loading the browser, the following appears in an error box below the taskbar:

         <menu  id="Cq-menu"
---------^

I cannot find this string of code anywhere in the source code for the start up page.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.click on the Mozilla desktop icon
2.wait for the page to load
3.there it is.

Actual Results:  
It reoccurs every time.

Expected Results:  
just opened the window.

Comment 1

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

->Seamonkey

Comment 2

[Hermann Schwab]

When did this bug start? Right after installing Mozilla 1.7.5? After installing
an extension? Do you have extensions installed?

Comment 3

[John Davis]

(In reply to comment #2)
> When did this bug start? Right after installing Mozilla 1.7.5? After 
installing
> an extension? Do you have extensions installed?

This started after installing the top 5 extensions.

Comment 4

[John Davis]

(In reply to comment #1)
> ->Seamonkey

Can you please elaborate?

Comment 5

[OstGote!]

(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > ->Seamonkey
> 
> Can you please elaborate?

That means he moved this bug to the component Mozilla Application Suite (aka
"Seamonkey", internal name for the suite).


Do you use a non-english version of Mozilla or a language pack? Did you install
1.7.5 over an old version?

Try the following:

solution 1:
Delete the file Xul.mfl in your Mozilla profile. If this does not help,
additonally delete the file chrome.rdf in the chrome subdirectory of the profile
(you will lost the setup for all extra local installed themes/extensions). 

solution 2:
If sol. 1 does not help, try to install the English language pack.

Did it help?

Comment 6

[John Davis]

(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > (In reply to comment #1)
> > > ->Seamonkey
> > 
> > Can you please elaborate?
> That means he moved this bug to the component Mozilla Application Suite (aka
> "Seamonkey", internal name for the suite).

Thank you. :)

> Do you use a non-english version of Mozilla or a language pack? Did you 
install
> 1.7.5 over an old version?

I installed 1.7.5 clean. I had no prior versions. However, I did install 
several language packs as well as a patch to avoid a critical vulnerability to 
hacking. 

> Try the following:
> solution 1:
> Delete the file Xul.mfl in your Mozilla profile. If this does not help,
> additonally delete the file chrome.rdf in the chrome subdirectory of the 
profile
> (you will lost the setup for all extra local installed themes/extensions). 
> solution 2:
> If sol. 1 does not help, try to install the English language pack.
> Did it help?

I had to delete both files, so now I don't have the language display ability 
or the patch to fix the critical security problem. Since I do business on the 
web, this browser is useless to me until that hole is fixed. In the meanwhile 
I will just say no to extensions until you all can check them for completed 
html statements. That's what it is, right? An incomplete html statement? (No 
closing ">" bracket?)

I do sincerely thank you for your help as this bug had migrated to my Netscape 
7.2 browser as well.

John

Comment 7

[OstGote!]

(In reply to comment #6)
> I had to delete both files, so now I don't have the language display ability 
> or the patch to fix the critical security problem. 

Did you try to install the patch again (I guess this one is not the cause, only
one of the extensions or langpacks)? WHich patch do you mean? Can you provide an
URL for that patch? I don't know a patch for 1.7.5.

> In the meanwhile 
> I will just say no to extensions until you all can check them for completed 
> html statements. That's what it is, right? An incomplete html statement? (No 
> closing ">" bracket?)

Incompatible referenced code/files, not really incomplete "html statements". You
should always use extension only if they are proven to work with a specific
version, for that check the extension homepage or update.mozilla.org.

Comment 8

[John Davis]

(In reply to comment #7)
> (In reply to comment #6)
> > I had to delete both files, so now I don't have the language display 
ability 
> > or the patch to fix the critical security problem. 
> Did you try to install the patch again (I guess this one is not the cause, 
only
> one of the extensions or langpacks)? WHich patch do you mean? Can you 
provide an
> URL for that patch? I don't know a patch for 1.7.5.

There was a warning of a "hole" in Firefox and Mozilla Suite that would allow 
hackers in the back door. There was no version number referenced, so I 
downloaded the patch, which also had no version numbers referenced. I will 
have to search my email to find the post that contained the warning. It was 
from a general security site, not Mozilla or Bugzilla.

> > In the meanwhile 
> > I will just say no to extensions until you all can check them for 
completed 
> > html statements. That's what it is, right? An incomplete html statement? 
(No 
> > closing ">" bracket?)
> Incompatible referenced code/files, not really incomplete "html statements". 
You
> should always use extension only if they are proven to work with a specific
> version, for that check the extension homepage or update.mozilla.org.

Well, that just figgures. I downloaded language files for languages I need 
(Welsh and Japanese) I did not think that they were only for the versions they 
were listed under. (I'm a rank novice when it comes to these machines.) Are 
there any plans to make these language packs forwardly compatable? It would 
really help us users who need to read pages in other languages.

Thank you for the explanation.

Comment 9

[OstGote!]

(In reply to comment #8)
> There was a warning of a "hole" in Firefox and Mozilla Suite that would allow 
> hackers in the back door. There was no version number referenced, so I 
> downloaded the patch, which also had no version numbers referenced. I will 
> have to search my email to find the post that contained the warning. It was 
> from a general security site, not Mozilla or Bugzilla.

I guess you mean http://www.mozilla.org/security/shell.html, this was the only
patch update for Mozilla, it is only needed if you have 1.7.0. 1.7.1 and above
contain the patch. So there is no need to install a patch for Mozilla 1.7.5.

> Well, that just figgures. I downloaded language files for languages I need 
> (Welsh and Japanese) I did not think that they were only for the versions they 
> were listed under. Are 
> there any plans to make these language packs forwardly compatable? It would 
> really help us users who need to read pages in other languages.

Language packs are mostly not compatible because some strings inside Mozilla
have changed so forward comp. is not given. 
But you need LP only if you want to change the language of Mozilla
(menus/interface/default search engines, dictionaries), you do not need it to
see pages in other languages (I'm German and use the English Mozilla).

But because of the incomp. extensions this bug was not a Mozilla bug, so resolving.