291263 - extensions don't install

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Damian]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-GB; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-GB; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3

This happened since I downloaded the 1.0.3 of FireFox and updated my systemm to
10.3.9
The extensions I already had installed stopped working. They also made FireFox
unusable (if firefox was running with no windows loaded it was impossible to get
a new window).
I removed all extensions by hand from my library.
Now whenever I select extensions and try to install one (by selecting an
extension and clicking install, then after it downloads clicking instal again)
nothing happens.
I think this might be something to do with access restrictions to the library
folder.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Nickolay_Ponomarev]

removing extensions by hand isn't something Firefox is supposed to work after, I
think this is invalid, because you probably just did something wrong. In any
case, more information is needed in order to get this fixed.

The initial issue that got you to uninstall extensions manually sounds like more
valid problem, although that may have caused by extensions.

Comment 2

[Napalm Llama]

I have the same problem in Firefox 1.0.4, running SuSE Linux Personal edition v.9.1.

I know it isn't access problems to the folder, because it's under my home
directory - besides, running "ls -lR | grep root" in ~/.mozilla doesn't return
anything.

When I try to install an extension, it comes up with the "Is it safe?" box, I
click Install, and it shows me the empty Extensions box.  I've checked, and
there are no extensions in ~/.mozilla/firefox anywhere, either.

Comment 3

[Jaime Mitchell (use [e-mail] for email)]

Reporter have you tried creating a new profile and installing extensions to that?

Comment 4

[Marcel Ruegenberg]

I have exactly the same problem with Firefox 1.0.4 as well as 1.0.6.
He comes with the "Is it safe?" stuff and continues as described in comment #2.
Also, when I get the javascript: console, it shows some errors saying that
several things in nsExtensionManager did not have properties. These problems
also occur when I try to install themes.

Comment 5

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

Is this still a problem with Firefox 1.5?

Comment 6

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

No response and this is WFM with Firefox 1.5