Closed Bug 492345 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Second use of geolocation in linux fails with javascript error

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Geolocation, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: Geolocation
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 490046

People

(Reporter: philip, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.9.1b4) Gecko/20090423 Firefox/3.5b4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.9.1b4) Gecko/20090423 Firefox/3.5b4

This occurs in Linux (Fedora 9) but not windows.  When I set up a sample page to test geolocation, the first use works OK, but the second use reports in the error console:

Error: update is null
Source File: file:///usr/local/src/firefox35b4/components/NetworkGeolocationProvider.js
Line: 218

The browser must be closed & reopened before another geolocation will work.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Sample page:

<html>
<script>
function location_func_pointer (position) {
    alert ("Latitude: "+position.coords.latitude+" Longitude: "+position.coords.longitude);
}
</script>
<button onclick="navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(location_func_pointer);">See my location!</button>
</html>

2. Click on the button once - which displays your location
3. Click on the button again - which displays nothing
Actual Results:  
No location available at the second attempt

Expected Results:  
Location should be available
I have the same issue on Windows & MacOS. First call works fine, second call gives me

"Error: update is null
Source: file:///C:/Programme/internet/firefox/components/NetworkGeolocationProvider.js
Line: 218"
Component: General → Geolocation
Product: Firefox → Core
QA Contact: general → geolocation
Flags: blocking1.9.1?
this has been fixed post b4.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Flags: blocking1.9.1?
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