334793 - Cannot create new folder in Bookmarks menu

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Pavel Cvrcek [:JasnaPaka]]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060419 Firefox/3.0a1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060419 Firefox/3.0a1

1. Remove all bookmarks + subcriptions.
2. Close Firefox.
3. Start Firefox, go to Organize Bookmarks.
4. Try create new folder in Bookmarks menu.

Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
No new folder is showed.

JavaScript Console shows these errors.

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "ServiceManager::GetService returned failure code:"  nsresult: "0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/places/controller.js :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 2166"  data: no]

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "ServiceManager::GetService returned failure code:"  nsresult: "0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/places/controller.js :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 2166"  data: no]

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "ServiceManager::GetService returned failure code:"  nsresult: "0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/places/controller.js :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 2166"  data: no]

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE) [nsINavHistoryQueryResultNode.getChild]"  nsresult: "0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE)"  location: "JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/places/tree.xml :: get_insertionPoint :: line 427"  data: no]

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

WFM. It just creates a new folder, in Places View or in the bookmarks-menu, empty or with imported bookmarks, makes no difference.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060419 Minefield/3.0a1

Comment 2

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

OK, I did not remove the subscriptions at same time, but when I start all over again, removing them both, I see this too.
When I restart Firefox without any bookmarks or subscriptions I get also these ones: 

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "ServiceManager::GetService returned failure code:"  nsresult: "0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/places/controller.js :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 2166"  data: no]

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "ServiceManager::GetService returned failure code:"  nsresult: "0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/places/toolbar.xml :: _init :: line 82"  data: no]

Comment 3

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

I don't see this problem (at all) when I start Firefox with only an empty bookmarks.html file.

Comment 4

[bomfog]

Can't seem to create a bookmark or subscribe to a feed, either.

Deleting bookmarks_history.sqlite brings back the default entries and lets me create new stuff again, but loses the history.  Does that rate a dataloss keyword? 

Comment 5

[Brett Wilson]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Does that rate a dataloss keyword? 

No, but if it happens again and you don't have anything too personal in your bookmarks (perhaps you can delete personal bookmarks and history), can you zip and email it to me so I can see what's wrong?

Comment 6

[bomfog]

(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > Does that rate a dataloss keyword? 
> 
> No, but if it happens again and you don't have anything too personal in your
> bookmarks (perhaps you can delete personal bookmarks and history), can
> you zip and email it to me so I can see what's wrong?

Sure, if you really want it (I'm assuming you mean bm_hist.sqlite (non-functional or after delete/rebuild, though?)), but now I'm confused.  What I meant was: In order to make bookmarks functional again I closed the browser, deleted the sqlite file, and let it rebuild when I re-opened the browser.  The fact that only the bookmarks rebuild, and the history is lost, is *expected* behavior, right?  Unless and/or until there's a way to export/import history like bookmarks, anyway.

FWIW, a hypothetical but not *completely* implausible use case:

I keep a lot of history, but my bookmarks and feeds are a hopeless mess, so I decide to delete the whole mess (bm's and feeds) and rebuild from history.  Do the deleting, close the browser, intending to do the rebuilding tomorrow.  Next morning, open the browser, discover I have the history, but can't bookmark anything.  If I delete the sqlite file, I'll be able to bookmark again, but won't have the history to work from.  Horns of a dilemma, sort of thing.

Finally, do other people have the same experience of pretty much non-functional bookmarks,not just the folder creation thing, or is it just me?  If they do, the summary might oughta be broadened a bit.

Using Minefield non-cairo hourly from this morning, new profile.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060602 Firefox/1.5.0.1 - Build ID: 2006060209

Comment 7

[bomfog]

Oops, that should have been:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060602 Minefield/3.0a1

Comment 8

[Dietrich Ayala (:dietrich)]

this is very old. these STR WFM in current builds.

Comment 9

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Bug 451915 - move Firefox/Places bugs to Firefox/Bookmarks and History. Remove all bugspam from this move by filtering for the string "places-to-b-and-h".

In Thunderbird 3.0b, you do that as follows:
Tools | Message Filters
Make sure the correct account is selected. Click "New"
Conditions: Body   contains   places-to-b-and-h
Change the action to "Delete Message".
Select "Manually Run" from the dropdown at the top.
Click OK.

Select the filter in the list, make sure "Inbox" is selected at the bottom, and click "Run Now". This should delete all the bugspam. You can then delete the filter.

Gerv