317700 - Unable to download files "...foo.xyz could not be saved, the source file could not be read."

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Edward]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051118 SeaMonkey/1.5a
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051118 SeaMonkey/1.5a

This is similar to bug 298478 in that the user cannot download any files, popup box appears with "C:\pathmane\pathname\filename.xyz could not be saved, the source file could not be read."


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to FTP site, attempt to download a file
2.Popup box appears with error as specified in the Details information for this bug.
3.

Actual Results:  
File would not download, error "...could not be saved, the source file could not be read."

Expected Results:  
SeaMonkey should have downloaded file.

Problem does not occur with Firefox 1.0.7.

Sorry if this is a duplicate, but bug 298478 is closed - resolved.  The problem has reappeared.

Comment 1

[Edward]

This problem is not an issue with:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051124 SeaMonkey/1.5a

and 

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051123 SeaMonkey/1.5a

These builds will successfully download files, I am closing this bug as resolved.

Comment 2

[OstGote!]

I guess it was Bug 180672. The new (re)installing does fix it too.

Comment 3

[BobCat]

On any download, I get the message that the source file cannot be read.

This bug appeared for me on Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.2) Gecko/20060404 SeaMonkey/1.0.1, and did not exist in the 1.0 stable release.

I am running Win2k SP4, with a non-administrator account.  I have not yet tested it as an administrator, but it doesn't look like a permissions issue because I get a zero length temp file a la bug 180762.

If I try to right click a link to save it, it produces a save dialog box like it should, but does not actually download anything.  File type does not matter.  Tools-->Download Manager does not bring up the DM box.

Comment 4

[BobCat]

Renaming C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\SeaMonkey\components\compreg.dat caused a new file to be created, and downloading now works.  

(Un)installer problem upgrading from old version?