462220 - Sunbird addons manager empty

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Calendar :: General, defect)

Description

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081028 Calendar/1.0pre

Sunbird addons manager is empty (in all tabs), even though inspection of the contents of /usr/local/sunbird/extensions shows 2 extensions (Lightning stub and Timezones) and one theme (the default theme).

Even if I install the MR-Tech Toolkit extension into the profile, the addons manager remains empty.

Add-ons manager is still empty when started in safe mode.

Comment 1

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

Works fine for me using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081029 Calendar/1.0pre (BuildID: 20081029131746).

Do you see any related messages in Tools -> Error Console?

Comment 2

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Works fine for me using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;
> rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081029 Calendar/1.0pre (BuildID: 20081029131746).
> 
> Do you see any related messages in Tools -> Error Console?

(X) formatURLPref: Couldn't get pref: extensions.getAddons.browseAddons
    file:///usr/local/sunbird/components/nsURLFormatter.js   line: 68
(X) uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component retuned failure code: 0x8000ffff
    (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [NSIPrefBranch2.getIntPref]" nsresult: "0x8000ffff
    (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JSframe :: chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.js ::
    retrieveRepositoryAddons :: line 618" data: no]

Comment 3

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

P.S. and a third one when closing the (empty) add-ons manager:

(X) uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
    0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIObserverService.removeObserver]"
    nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame ::
    chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.js :: Shutdown :: line 1139"
    data: no]

Comment 4

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

Does this happens with a clean profile too? 

The error indicates that something is wrong with the Addons search tab in the Addons manager but Sunbird doesn't ships or enables this feature yet. (As requested in Bug 414949).

Comment 5

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

Attachment: prefs.js in "broken" profile

(In reply to comment #4)
> Does this happens with a clean profile too? 

With a new profile, I see the "Timezone Definitions" extension (but not the "Lightning stub"), the default theme, and six plugins which look like they were found at some global nsplugin location.

I wonder what clobbered my old plugin.

I suppose what remains is to import my calendars into the new profile, and set my Preferences by hand? Any shortcut about the latter?

Oh, and in case that's where the problem was, I'm attaching the prefs.js in my old profile.

Comment 6

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

Comment on attachment 345615 [details]
prefs.js in "broken" profile

>user_pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", true);

This is the problem. I suggest to remove this line. I submitted a patch to Bug 414949 that adds this and other preferences to default preferences. Please retest with nightly build 20081101 or newer. 

Note: The "Lightning stub" extension should be hidden in the addons manager. Only the timezone extension and the default theme should be visible.

Comment 7

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

In reply to comment #6:
I still don't know where that line came from, so just in case it got added again in the future, I added a ~/.mozilla/sunbird/8jrlswxe.default/user.js with the line:

user_pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false);

then I restarted Sunbird with that profile and the bug is gone. Thanks.

I will of course have to remember to remove that line if someday, after Sunbird trunk nightlies get built again for Linux now that bug 414949 is FIXED, I decide I want a "Get Add-ons" pane in the Sunbird addons manager. See bug 461347 but there may be other loose ends to that.