Interpid: FireFox homepage is blank due in part to ubufox

Bug #271443 reported by Dave Morley
12
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubufox Extension
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
ubufox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Alexander Sack
Intrepid
Fix Released
High
Alexander Sack

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubufox

RELEASE: Intrepid
CD/DVD VARIANT: 32bit Ubuntu desktop cd
ISO BUILD: 20080917.1

SYMPTOMS: The latest FF has a blank homepage chrome://ubufox/content/startpage.html is blank but acts as the homepage.

CAUSE: Unknown

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1/ open FF on the latest cds
2/ Note the lack of homepage

Below are the errors from error console:

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.getComplexValue]" nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://ubufox/content/startpage.html :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 15" data: no]

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.getComplexValue]" nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://ubufox/content/startpage.html :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 15" data: no]

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.getComplexValue]" nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://ubufox/content/startpage.html :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 15" data: no]

Tags: iso-testing
Revision history for this message
Dave Morley (davmor2) wrote :

Assigned to asac at his request

Changed in ubufox:
assignee: nobody → asac
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

i assume this blocks alpha-6. Marking accordingly.

It appears to be a regression due to my preference cleanup done during this cycle.

We need to reintroduce the general.useragent.locale previously shipped in ubufox.js

Changed in ubufox:
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → intrepid-alpha-6
status: New → Triaged
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

fix committed to upstream branch.

Changed in ubufox:
status: New → Fix Committed
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

fix committed to lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/ubufox/ubuntu branch - rev 62.

Changed in ubufox:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

bumping milestone to beta.

RM wont respin alpha 6 CDs just for this bug. We will upload anyway so an eventual new CD spin would pick this fix up.

Changed in ubufox:
milestone: intrepid-alpha-6 → ubuntu-8.10-beta
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubufox - 0.6~b1-0ubuntu2

---------------
ubufox (0.6~b1-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low

  (cherry-pick rev 111 from lp:ubufox)
  * reintroduce general.useragent.locale pref dropped in 0.6~b1.
    Without that pref the current startpage.html
    breaks and displays a blank page. LP: #271443
    - update defaults/preferences/ubuntu-mods.js

 -- Alexander Sack <email address hidden> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:53:43 +0200

Changed in ubufox:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

this was fixed a while ago.

Changed in ubufox:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
tags: added: iso-testing
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