660447 - middlemouse.contentLoadURL is reset to false at each restart

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1

Every time I restart firefox, middlemouse.contentLoadURL is reset to false.
If I go to about:config, set it to true and exit firefox, the following line is inserted in prefs.js:
user_pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", true);

As soon as I restart firefox, the line above is removed from pref.js, and about:config reports the option as "false".

I also tried to add the line above to my user.js, but it does not have any effect.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. set middlemouse.contentLoadURL to true in about:config
2. restart firefox
3. go to about:config and check for its value



Running ubuntu 11.04

Comment 1

[Martin Stjernholm]

I get exactly the same thing. Also running Ubuntu 11.04.

Comment 2

[George Carstoiu]

WFM on Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0a1) Gecko/20110619 Firefox/7.0a1

Did you try it on a clean profile?
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing-profiles

Comment 3

[Martin Stjernholm]

I see the same problem with a clean profile as well.

My version is the same as the original reporter:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1

I've also downloaded the standalone 4.0.1 linux dist from getfirefox.com and get the same thing there (with a clean profile), so it doesn't appear to be related to the Ubuntu packaging.

Comment 4

[Scott Garman]

I can also verify this using a clean profile on Ubuntu 10.10. 

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0

Comment 5

[George Carstoiu]

(In reply to comment #4)
> I can also verify this using a clean profile on Ubuntu 10.10. 

By 'verify this', do you intend to say that you can also confirm this issue?

Can you please try it on the latest trunk also?
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/

Comment 6

[Mikko Parviainen]

I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 and this happens on the firefox package version 5.0+build1+nobinonly+0ubuntu0.11.04.2

If I toggle the middlemouse.contentLoadURL to true, it gets saved in the prefs.js, but at next launch it gets reset to false, so I can confirm this happens on Ubuntu.

Running the nightly trunk version Nightly 8.0a1 (2011-08-10) this bug does not happen, but I don't see where the item is saved as I'm not very well aware of how Firefox saves its data.

One of the things which are different here is that the trunk version does not use the add on "Ubuntu Firefox Modifications 0.9.1"

Comment 7

[Martin Stjernholm]

Indeed, I can confirm that the problem only occurs when I have the "Ubuntu Firefox Modifications" add-on enabled. It was probably still there when I tried the standalone 4.0.1 linux dist earlier. I have now opened a bug report about this in the ubufox package:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/+bug/824408

Comment 8

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I confirm that after disabling the "Ubuntu Firefox Modifications" the problem seems fixed.

Comment 9

[Malcolm Scott]

As can I -- was experiencing this bug on Ubuntu 11.04 but disabling that addon fixed it.  This is an Ubuntu bug, not a Firefox one.  I have filed a bug with Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/829562

Comment 10

[Virgil Dicu [:virgil] [QA]]

As this issue seems to be related to Ubuntu and its Firefox Modifications add-on setting resolution to Resolved here. 

If you think any information and problems could still be reported regarding this issue on Firefox side, please feel free to update the bug.