56667 - Linux-Starting PSM hangs too long

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core Graveyard :: Security: UI, enhancement, P3)

Description

[olaf]

When starting the PSM from the Tasks menu, it takes several seconds until the PSM
window comes up, during which interval the X server remains grabbed. The menu
is not dismissed and the X server does not accept any input. To the user this
generally looks like a serious crash.
A similar thing happens after clicking on the lock icon - as long as PSM is in
the initialization it looks like nothing happens. At least it would be appropriate
to change the cursor to a watch here.

Comment 1

[John Unruh]

Confirming and setting to Enhancement. Also note that bug 38540 is open "Lock 
icon does not depress on left mouse button down."

Comment 2

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

This is related to bug 30167.

Comment 3

[nitinp]

changing QA contact to [e-mail]

Comment 4

[J. Nick Koston]

59301 is a duplicate of this bug ..

Comment 5

[John Unruh]

*** Bug 59301 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Eric Vaandering (no email)]

reporter of duplicate bug

Comment 7

[Edward Rudd]

Change the permissions to the mozilla/psm/components directory to 777 and it'll
start working.  also make sure all the files in that directory are mode 666.
the PSM program writes two files in that directory that is updates on every
start.  and if it can't write them it quits and leaves mozilla hanging.

Comment 8

[J. Nick Koston]

Would it not be better to chmod it 1777 (sticky bit) to get some more
protection?

Comment 9

[John Unruh]

Marking fixed. PSM 2.0 is now in-process. Starting up Netscape 6 with the 
homepage as http://junruh took the same amount of time as with https://junruh as 
the homepage - 9 secs. It used to take 10-15 secs. longer for the https home 
page startup time.

Comment 10

[John Unruh]

Verified.

Comment 11

[John Unruh]

Mass changing Security:Crypto to PSM

Comment 12

[John Unruh]

Mass changing Security:Crypto to PSM