Closed Bug 434982 Opened 18 years ago Closed 16 years ago

When running firefox 3 for the first time it installs previous upgrade and crashes.

Categories

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Application Update
Version:
1.9.0 Branch
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: emdej, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: crash)

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; pl; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008051202 Firefox/3.0 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; pl; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008051202 Firefox/3.0 Firefox downloaded upgrade for its previous version (2.0.0.12) and it was chosen to install after manual restart. Firefox 2 was then closed and Firefox 3 started. When starting Firefox 3 for the first time, if installs the upgrade and crashes. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Described in details Actual Results: crash Expected Results: the application running and the upgrade canceled
This sounds similar to an issue I was having.. basically: 1. I had ffox 2 and ffox 3b5 installed in Vista Home Premium 2. I downloaded Firefox 3 on launch day (yesterday), then installed and tried to run it. 3. It crashed repeatedly and would never would start. 4. I uninstalled all previous versions of ffox from add/remove programs 5. Reinstalled ffox 3 and it did the same thing (repeated crashing, not launching) 6. I uninstalled ffox3 and this time reinstalled to new directory path (c:\program files\Mozilla Firefox 3\) 7. It launches and works great!
you know .. reading your version .. you're on linux.. my issue is likely unrelated.
How did you install Firefox 3? Was it via a tarball and installed over the top of the existing Firefox 2?
I unpacked tar.gz archive to a brand new directory.
This isn't a bug in the updater, so over Firefox::General. What linux distro are you using emdej ? Is Firefox 2 also running when you see this problem ?
Component: Software Update → General
QA Contact: software.update → general
Version: unspecified → 3.0 Branch
Also, when you unpacked Fx3 into this new dir, did you explictly go "./firefox" in that dir ? Otherwise you're picking up whatever firefox is on the path.
Oh sorry, ignore comment #5. I was thinking this was another bug.
Component: General → Software Update
QA Contact: general → software.update
(In reply to comment #6) > Also, when you unpacked Fx3 into this new dir, did you explictly go "./firefox" > in that dir ? Otherwise you're picking up whatever firefox is on the path. > Of course I run the Fx3 binary.
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
I'm not sure how this is possible without untarring over an existing Firefox install that had an update waiting to be applied since we store the updates in the installation directory.
Severity: normal → critical
Keywords: crash
emdej, can you try to reproduce with 3.5? Please be sure not to untar over an existing install.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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