279213 - The JavaScript error occurs by Startup.(Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.getCharPref]")

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Description

[Hiro]

The following JavaScript errors occur whenever Firefox is started, and the
JavaScript console is opened. 
There is no problem in the Windows version. 

It is likely to depend on bug271153. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. start Firefox and open JavaScript Console

JavaScript error message:
Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8000ffff
(NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.getCharPref]"  nsresult: "0x8000ffff
(NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)"  location: "JS frame ::
file:///Users/sek/Desktop/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/components/nsDefaultCLH.js
:: clh_handle :: line 81"  data: no] Source File:
file:///Users/sek/Desktop/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/components/nsDefaultCLH.js
Line: 81

Mac OS X 10.3.7
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050120
Firefox/1.0+

Comment 1

[Asaf Romano (gone)]

1. not realted to bug271153.
2. shoudn't be a mac specific issue (the pref "toolkit.defaultChromeURI" is only
defined for xulrunner / sunbird).

Comment 2

[Benjamin Smedberg]

The exception is intentional. Is there some way to suppress the debug output for
"intentional" exceptions?

Comment 3

[Mike Shaver (:shaver emeritus)]

I wish there were, perhaps some Components.pushVerboseExceptionReporting(true),
Components.popVerboseExceptionReporting() that worked on the current context.

Comment 4

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

This bug appears to prevents me from typing the euro sign (ctrl+alt+5) in any
input (chrome/browser) or textarea.
It just won't show.

It works in Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8b)
Gecko/20050114 Firefox/1.0+
but not in the 20050119 build.

Comment 5

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

sorry for spamming.
This bug (€-sign) started another date

Comment 6

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

The following comment ( https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=284398#c7 )
leads me to believe this issue may be resolved though I am unable to confirm one
way or the other.

Comment 7

[Benjamin Smedberg]

No, bug 284398 is unrelated.

Comment 8

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Ben "fixed" this with one of his pref checkins.

http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsquery.cgi?treeid=default&module=all&branch=HEAD&branchtype=match&date=explicit&mindate=2005-02-26+23%3A12&maxdate=2005-02-26+23%3A12&cvsroot=%2Fcvsroot

Comment 9

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Fixed with the checkin for bug 283694 - marking fixed.