421028 - preferences don't always stick -- "Error: gPrefService.savePrefFile is not a function"

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Cameron Kaiser [:spectre]]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9b3) Gecko/2008020511 Firefox/3.0b3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9b3) Gecko/2008020511 Firefox/3.0b3

on startup in error console:

"Error: gPrefService.savePrefFile is not a function
Source File: chrome://browser/content/browser.js
Line: 1167"

Preferences do not always seem to stick (for example my own code using setIntPref() does not consistently set the preference to what it should be). Unsure if this is a symptom or unrelated. Preferences do eventually get synced but usually this requires a browser shutdown and restart.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
n/a
Actual Results:  
preferences set by extensions, including my own, do not always represent expected state until browser is reset (and sometimes not even then). Default preferences do seem to work. Error console entry as above.

Expected Results:  
preferences should be 'fresh'

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported using Firefox 3.0 or older, which is no longer supported. The bug has also not been changed in over 500 days and is still in UNCO.
Reporter, please retest this bug in Firefox 3.6.10 or later using a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles. If you still see this problem, please update the bug. If you no longer see the bug, please set the resolution to RESOLVED, WORKSFORME.

This is a mass search of unconfirmed bugs that have no activity on them, so if you feel a bug was marked in error, just remove the CLOSEME comment in the whiteboard within the next month.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.

Comment 3

[Cameron Kaiser [:spectre]]

It does not occur in 3.6.12, so I am closing.