48635 - Selecting "Create Profile" from Prof Manager causes crash

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: Profile: BackEnd, defect, P3)

Description

[Dimi Shahbaz]

Mozilla daily build from 8-10-2000.

1) Run "Mozilla Profile Migration"
2) Click "Create Profile..." or "Rename Profile" or "Delete Profile"
 - or -
2) Click an existing 4.x profile for migration, and click "Start Mozilla"

doing each crashes with MacsBug message:
Assertion: null widget ptr: 'nsNull != aWidget' file nsView.cpp line 199

(Filing only one bug because they're probably related.)

Comment 1

[dbragg]

This doesn't look like an actual Migration bug.  You can't run "Mozilla Profile 
Migration", there's not such thing.  You can run the Profile Manager which is 
what you described.  This looks like a Profile Manager bug since Create, Rename 
and Delete are ONLY in Profile Manager code and never step into the migration 
code.  Reassigning.

Comment 2

[racham]

Front-end bugs to Ben.
looks like some operation is attempted on a null widget....?

Comment 3

[Grace Bush]

I can reproduce this on Win build 2000081508M18
ProfileManager comes up- list of 4.x profiles displayed ( removed 
mozregistry.dat)- choose one profile to migrate, confirm migration dialog is 
displayed and poof. No Talkback- On WinNT only.
Win95 migrates successfully

Comment 4

[leger]

Adding crash keyword.

Comment 5

[johng]

nav triage team:
[nsbeta3+], obviously bad, reassigning to profile mng backend

Comment 6

[scottputterman]

reassigning to racham.

Comment 7

[racham]

This bug does not belong to me....I think, you haven't reached the backend yet 
as this occurs. I will soon be reassining to the right owner. 

This is givnig a pre-condition assert in nsView.cpp

 204 sfraser  3.75    NS_PRECONDITION(nsnull != aWidget, "null widget ptr");

(http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=mozilla/view/src/nsView.cpp#204)

Simon, we need your help here. Please tell us why is getting a null and what 
widget is this...? Is the syntax in profilemanager xul causing any problems...?

Adding Ben to the cc list.

Comment 8

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

That assertion is nsView is hit all the time. It is not relevant to this hug.

Comment 9

[racham]

I am able to proceed further (even after this assertion) and bring up the 
browser in my debug build.

Grace, please verify if this bug is still valid on sweetlou mac builds..

Comment 10

[Grace Bush]

I could not reproduce on Mozilla/Netscape 6 Installed builds (2000082108)

Comment 11

[racham]

This is not reproducible. Marking this worksforme.
 

Comment 12

[Grace Bush]

verified build 2000082308M18