298847 - Seamonkey will not launch after (successfully!) installing flashgot from addons.mozilla.org

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Sebastian Tennant]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050513 Galeon/1.3.21 (Debian package 1.3.21-1+gnome28+1)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050513 Galeon/1.3.21 (Debian package 1.3.21-1+gnome28+1) (Only using Galeon to file report)


I installed FlashGot from addons.mozilla.org and everything appeared to
proceed smoothly.  I was running Mozilla Web Browser (i.e. not Firefox)
at the time, and I chose to add it to my profile, rather than have to
reinstall it whenever Mozilla is updated.

Unfortunately Mozilla Web Browser hasn't worked since!

It begins to launch and "Starting Mozilla Web Browser" appears in my
Gnome Panel but then nothing....

Switching to console and running 'top' shows me that mozilla-bin is
still running but on the other hand mozilla-suite is not listed, i.e., is not
running, and must have quit as this is the first binary file launched.
I don't know if /usr/bin/mozilla-suite is supposed to quit or not :-/

The following lines from my ~/.mozilla/default/...slt/install.log file may be of
interest:

 ** ERROR (-202): Installing: /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref/flashgot.js
     ** Adding defaults/preferences/flashgot.js in
/usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref/: exit code = -202
     ** Adding defaults/preferences/flashgot.js in
/home/sebyte/.mozilla/default/1zbov9rq.slt/pref/: exit code = 0
     ** ERROR (-202): Installing: /usr/lib/mozilla/.autoreg

... although it does say;

"Install completed successfully  --  2005-06-26 21:53:10"

at the end.

Note: Firefox and Galeon both still work perfectly well so I guess the problem
      is with my 'profile'.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install flashgot, from addons.mozilla.org, in user 'profile' (not system-wide)
2. Quit and try to re-launch Mozilla Web Browser (/usr/bin/mozilla-suite).
3. (Sorry this isn't much help is it? :-/)

Actual Results:  
Mozilla Web Browser (/usr/bin/mozilla-suite) will not launch properly.
It begins to launch with considerble disk activity and then nothing...
Running top on the console shows that mozilla-bin is still running.
mozilla-suite has quit (but maybe it is supposed to :-/)

Expected Results:  
FlashGot should integrate download manager functionality, by providing
additional File menu entries.

Comment 1

[Giorgio Maone [:ma1]]

Had an email exchange with the reporter:

>> Hi Sebastien.
>> Yes, it seems your profile is somewhat corrupted, maybe because of 
>> permission mismatches.
>> 
>> Can you try the following?
>> 1) su or login as root
>> 2) start mozilla with the -p switch: it should bring up the profile manager 
>> dialog
>> 3) create a new profile and start with it
>> 4) install FlashGot
>> 5) close your browser and restart it with the -p switch
>> 6) select your old profile and cross your fingers.
>> 
>> If it doesn't work, make another fresh profile and restore your bookmarks, 
>> password and stuff using this guide:
>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Backing_Up_and_Restoring
>> 
>> Hope it helps
>> --
>> Giorgio
> 
> Hi Giorgio,
> 
> Installing as root did the trick.  Thanks for the support, and once
> again, very sorry about filing the premature bug report.
> 
> Sebastian

It looks like installing as root (or equivalent) is required in Mozilla Suite
for extensions containing XPCOM components that need to be registered.

I don't know if it is something that needs to be fixed, since probably the
Seamonkey addons support will never be full-cooked, there's Firefox for that.

I'll confirm the bug leaving to someone with more SeaMonkey knowledge to mark it
as wontfix or invalid or whatever.

Comment 2

[Giorgio Maone [:ma1]]

Had an email exchange with the reporter:

>> Hi Sebastien.
>> Yes, it seems your profile is somewhat corrupted, maybe because of 
>> permission mismatches.
>> 
>> Can you try the following?
>> 1) su or login as root
>> 2) start mozilla with the -p switch: it should bring up the profile manager 
>> dialog
>> 3) create a new profile and start with it
>> 4) install FlashGot
>> 5) close your browser and restart it with the -p switch
>> 6) select your old profile and cross your fingers.
>> 
>> If it doesn't work, make another fresh profile and restore your bookmarks, 
>> password and stuff using this guide:
>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Backing_Up_and_Restoring
>> 
>> Hope it helps
>> --
>> Giorgio
> 
> Hi Giorgio,
> 
> Installing as root did the trick.  Thanks for the support, and once
> again, very sorry about filing the premature bug report.
> 
> Sebastian

It looks like installing as root (or equivalent) is required in Mozilla Suite
for extensions containing XPCOM components that need to be registered.

I don't know if it is something that needs to be fixed, since probably the
Seamonkey addons support will never be full-cooked, there's Firefox for that.

I'll confirm the bug leaving to someone with more SeaMonkey knowledge to mark it
as wontfix or invalid or whatever.

Comment 3

[Andrew Schultz]

Please report this to the flashgot developer.  Components should work ok from
the profile directory.  But if the install script does not work properly, it's
entirely possible for it to prevent Mozilla from working.

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