369729 - Error console (-jsconsole) not showing up on first launch: like hanged

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Description

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2pre) Gecko/20070207 BonEcho/2.0.0.2pre] (nightly) (W2Ksp4)

No bug.

[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9a3pre) Gecko/20070207 Minefield/3.0a3pre] (nightly) (W2Ksp4)

Steps (for easy viewing):
1. Start FFv2, then stop it.
2. Start FFv3 with "-jsconsole -console".
2r. The Error Console window does not show up. <-- BUG !
3. Close the browser window.
3r. Notice that the OS Console does not close automatically.
4. Close the OS Console (Ctrl-C, for example)
5. Restart FFv3.
5r. FFv3 ask to resume the previous session...

Workaround:
After exiting FFv3 successfully, by using "File > Exit", the bug goes away;
but comes back if FFv2 is used again.

I guess it happens whenever a release is (re)run for the "first" time !?

Comment 1

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

PS:
The "-console" is used only to "see" the bug, but is not needed/related to it.

Comment 2

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

What triggers the bug is the absence of
|user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "rv:1.9a3pre");
|
in <prefs.js> !

This regressed between
[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/2006081804 Minefield/3.0a1] (2006-08-18-04-trunk) (W2Ksp4)
and
[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/2006081904 Minefield/3.0a1] (2006-08-19-04-trunk) (W2Ksp4)

Comment 3

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9a5pre) Gecko/2007051804 Minefield/3.0a5pre] (nightly) (W2Ksp4)

Bug still there.

Comment 4

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

Fixed between
[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9a7pre) Gecko/200707100808 Minefield/3.0a7pre] (nightly) (W2Ksp4)
and
[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9a7pre) Gecko/200707110505 Minefield/3.0a7pre] (nightly) (W2Ksp4)

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(Bug 384384 ??)