606634 - sessionstore.js reset following ethernet adapter change

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Session Restore, defect)

Description

[allen middleton]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)

With firefox open, I disable wireless adapter, and plug in ethernet cable.  For reason unknown, this wipes out internet connectivity, though I can still access my intranet which is all I care about and I believe irrelevant to this bug.  Anyways, exiting firefox and restarting does not restore previous session/tabs.  This is repeatable.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Disable wireless adapter
2.  Connect wired ethernet connection
3.  Restart Firefox
Actual Results:  
Firefox starts up reporting error connecting to internet.  Don't understand why connectivity problem, don't care at moment.  Re-enabling wireless adapter restores internet connection.

Expected Results:  
Restarting Firefox should restore session/multiple tabs.  I just get one tab, loose all other tabs.

(HP CQ61 laptop, Windows 7, x64)

Comment 1

[allen middleton]

Correction, this problem is not always repeatable.  I have witnessed this twice, however, I just tried again and session resumed as expected.

Comment 2

[Paul O'Shannessy [:zpao] (not bugmail, email directly)]

If you can reproduce reliably let me know. Until then I highly doubt this is actually related to session restore. We don't care about your ethernet adapter change.

If you think you can reproduce reliably, try again in safe mode (disables extensions). This will make sure it's not actually an extension to blame.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

needs more info