907841 - Browser Debugger fails silently if port 6080 in use

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 958498

(DevTools :: Debugger, defect, P3)

Description

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

If port 6080 is already in use when I select Tools > Web Developer > Remote Debugger, nothing appears to happen, except that the following exception is reported to the Browser Console:

  uncaught exception: 2147746065

At the very least, Firefox should tell me about the problem; even better would be to resolve it automagically, f.e. by using a different port.

Comment 1

[Panos Astithas (he/him) [:past] (please ni?)]

We have code to retry different port numbers here:

http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/devtools/server/tests/unit/test_dbgsocket.js#122

But we are also planning to use a local domain socket for the Browser Debugger when those are implemented (maybe they already are?). I'm leaning towards the latter if this bug is not considered high priority.

Comment 2

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen] [:📆][:🧩]]

Not specific to the browser debugger, but if the port is not available, then I think an alert should be shown if devtools.debugger.show-server-notifications is true.

Comment 3

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen] [:📆][:🧩]]

Sorry, I didn't see bug 958498.

Comment 4

[Eddy Bruel [:ejpbruel]]

This should be fixed as part of bug 958498. Marking as duplicate.