28723 - after creating a profile browser doesn't load

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

Description

[ttb]

i am using Linux build: 2000.02.21.08

if i rm -rf ~/.mozilla
then run mozilla
create a profile
the profile creation window goes away
no browser opens.
i can ctrl+c in the x-term and restart mozilla and then mozilla loads

Comment 1

[Cyril Bortolato]

WORKSFORME w/ same build on Linux.

Comment 2

[ttb]

sorry.. something to add to that bug report that i just figured out:

if you have a 'mozregistry.dat' in your windows directory and its mounted
it wont work.. but if you delete mozregistry.dat or dont have your windows
drive mounted it will work.

Comment 3

[John Morrison]

That's curious (unfortunately I can't verify myself without a linux box).

Could you add the full path for ./mozregistry.dat and to ./run-mozilla*
and any possible alternate symlinks. Thanks.

Comment 4

[ttb]

/dos/windows/ is the path for mozregistry i have mozilla in /home/ttb/package there are no symlinks anywhere.. something else is off aswell.. when i get rid of my ~/.mozilla directory and i create a new profile on startup i can't create a profile called "ttb" when afaik i have deleted all mozilla stuff off my computer. like all the windows version stuff is gone (just \windows\mozver.dat and \windows\mozregistry.dat ? ) and my ~/.mozilla directory is gone i used to be able to create a profile called "ttb" until recently

Comment 5

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

[e-mail] are you able to create a profile and start the 
browser with currnet build after deleting mozregistry.dat.  If so this bug 
should be marked WORKSFORME.  

Comment 6

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

reporter - are you still getting this ona  new build?

Comment 7

[ttb]

It works for me now.

Comment 8

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

seems to be fixed, marking thus.

reopen if this pops up again

Comment 9

[Joseph Elwell]

Some info for the future:
First off winblows users. There's no mozregistry.dat file in Linux. The registry
info is stored in ~/.mozilla/registry
The file ttb found was in /dos/windows/ ttb found his/her windows9x mounted
directory. So deleting the file there will only cause problems in windows.
There's no reason for the linux build on mozilla to even know about that file -
let alone know where it is...

Second: [e-mail] you probably couldn't create a ttb because
you still had a N4.X user with that name already - But you should be able to now
- as I think that bug was fixed.

Migrating a profile worksforme,
and creating a default profile worksforme also in linux build 2000032208.
so marking verified.