List,
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I started seeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a "back" function on any pages or tabs. Also, I get some kind of strange message....
"Assertion Failed ASSERT:***Search:_installLocation: engine has no file! Stack Trace: 0 ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!.2147500037) 1:()2:()3:()4:90:epsGetAttr([objectObject],hidden)5:906:907:currentEngine() 8:get_currentEngine()9:updateDisplay() 10:init() 11:([object XULElement],0)
I realize this is not the proper place for FF related problems, but thought I'd ask if someone else has seen something like this happen. Prior to the last 2 updates, FF appeared to be working properly, and all the forward/back buttons worked.
Assistance would be mighty helpful..
Thanks
Sa,
On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 13:55 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
List,
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I startedseeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a "back" function on any pages or tabs. Also, I get some kind of strange message....
"Assertion Failed ASSERT:***Search:_installLocation: engine has no file! Stack Trace: 0 ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!.2147500037) 1:()2:()3:()4:90:epsGetAttr([objectObject],hidden)5:906:907:currentEngine() 8:get_currentEngine()9:updateDisplay() 10:init() 11:([object XULElement],0)
I realize this is not the proper place for FF related problems, butthought I'd ask if someone else has seen something like this happen. Prior to the last 2 updates, FF appeared to be working properly, and all the forward/back buttons worked.
Assistance would be mighty helpful..
What you running? I've got all the latest on my 5.x 386 system w/NP.
Regardless, I don't really know enough to help, but I thought knowing that mine worked might lead you somewhere. Maybe an rpm --verify? Maybe something got krunked during update? Bad download?, etc.
Thanks
Sa,
<snip sig stuff>
HTH
William L. Maltby wrote:
On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 13:55 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
List,
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I startedseeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a "back" function on any pages or tabs. Also, I get some kind of strange message....
"Assertion Failed ASSERT:***Search:_installLocation: engine has no file! Stack Trace: 0 ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!.2147500037) 1:()2:()3:()4:90:epsGetAttr([objectObject],hidden)5:906:907:currentEngine() 8:get_currentEngine()9:updateDisplay() 10:init() 11:([object XULElement],0)
I realize this is not the proper place for FF related problems, butthought I'd ask if someone else has seen something like this happen. Prior to the last 2 updates, FF appeared to be working properly, and all the forward/back buttons worked.
Assistance would be mighty helpful..
What you running? I've got all the latest on my 5.x 386 system w/NP.
Regardless, I don't really know enough to help, but I thought knowing that mine worked might lead you somewhere. Maybe an rpm --verify? Maybe something got krunked during update? Bad download?, etc.
Thanks
Sa,
<snip sig stuff>
HTH
My apologies.. it's an x86_64 box with 5.2 fully updated as of yesterday. Prior to the previous two updates of FF I encountered no problems.
Sam
William L. Maltby wrote:
On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 13:55 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
List,
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I startedseeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a "back" function on any pages or tabs. Also, I get some kind of strange message....
"Assertion Failed ASSERT:***Search:_installLocation: engine has no file! Stack Trace: 0 ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!.2147500037) 1:()2:()3:()4:90:epsGetAttr([objectObject],hidden)5:906:907:currentEngine() 8:get_currentEngine()9:updateDisplay() 10:init() 11:([object XULElement],0)
I realize this is not the proper place for FF related problems, butthought I'd ask if someone else has seen something like this happen. Prior to the last 2 updates, FF appeared to be working properly, and all the forward/back buttons worked.
Assistance would be mighty helpful..
What you running? I've got all the latest on my 5.x 386 system w/NP.
Regardless, I don't really know enough to help, but I thought knowing that mine worked might lead you somewhere. Maybe an rpm --verify? Maybe something got krunked during update? Bad download?, etc.
Thanks
Sa,
<snip sig stuff>
HTH
My apologies.. it's an x86_64 box with 5.2 fully updated as of yesterday. Prior to the previous two updates of FF I encountered no problems.
Sam
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Sam Drinkard sam@wa4phy.net wrote:
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I >started seeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a >"back" function on any pages or tabs.
I am running Firefox on CentOS 5.2 (32 bit) (fully updated) and I am not seeing that problem.
Also, I get some kind of strange message....
"Assertion Failed ASSERT:***Search:_installLocation: engine has no file! Stack Trace: 0 ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!.2147500037) 1:()2:()3:()4:90:epsGetAttr([objectObject],hidden)5:906:907:currentEngine() 8:get_currentEngine()9:updateDisplay() 10:init() 11:([object XULElement],0)
Strange messages. I've never seen those.
I realize this is not the proper place for FF related >problems, but
If you got FF from CentOS I think it's OK to begin here.
thought I'd ask if someone else has seen something like this happen. Prior to the last 2 updates, FF appeared to be working properly, and all the forward/back buttons worked.
Can you verify the Firefox Package, to see that it is or is not corrupted?
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Sam Drinkard sam@wa4phy.net wrote:
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I >started seeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a >"back" function on any pages or tabs.
I am running Firefox on CentOS 5.2 (32 bit) (fully updated) and I am not seeing that problem.
Also, I get some kind of strange message....
"Assertion Failed ASSERT:***Search:_installLocation: engine has no file! Stack Trace: 0 ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!.2147500037) 1:()2:()3:()4:90:epsGetAttr([objectObject],hidden)5:906:907:currentEngine() 8:get_currentEngine()9:updateDisplay() 10:init() 11:([object XULElement],0)
Strange messages. I've never seen those.
I realize this is not the proper place for FF related >problems, but
If you got FF from CentOS I think it's OK to begin here.
thought I'd ask if someone else has seen something like this happen. Prior to the last 2 updates, FF appeared to be working properly, and all the forward/back buttons worked.
Can you verify the Firefox Package, to see that it is or is not corrupted?
My Firefox is running just fine, too, Lanny. Seems like I recall the O.P. having problems with cross-pollinated repositories some time ago. A Firefox update history might be helpful:
[root@mavis log]# grep -i firefox* /var/log/yum.log.2 Jun 27 20:27:40 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-1.el5.centos Jul 20 12:05:52 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-3.el5.centos Oct 24 07:30:46 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-6.el5.centos Dec 05 09:39:13 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-7.el5.centos [root@mavis log]# grep -i firefox* /var/log/yum.log.2 Jun 27 20:27:40 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-1.el5.centos Jul 20 12:05:52 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-3.el5.centos Oct 24 07:30:46 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-6.el5.centos Dec 05 09:39:13 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-7.el5.centos [root@mavis log]# grep -i firefox* /var/log/yum.log.1 Feb 10 07:48:31 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-9.el5.centos Mar 28 08:12:17 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-14.el5.centos Apr 19 11:19:13 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-15.el5.centos Jun 24 16:53:06 Updated: firefox.i386 3.0-0.beta5.6.el5.centos [root@mavis log]#
Also, it might be useful to remove all addons -- extensions, themes, plugins, etc. to see if one of those is causing a problem.
On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 14:27 -0600, Robert wrote:
<snip>
My Firefox is running just fine, too, Lanny. Seems like I recall the O.P. having problems with cross-pollinated repositories some time ago. A Firefox update history might be helpful:
[root@mavis log]# grep -i firefox* /var/log/yum.log.2 Jun 27 20:27:40 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-1.el5.centos Jul 20 12:05:52 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-3.el5.centos Oct 24 07:30:46 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-6.el5.centos Dec 05 09:39:13 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-7.el5.centos [root@mavis log]# grep -i firefox\* /var/log/yum.log.2 Jun 27 20:27:40 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-1.el5.centos Jul 20 12:05:52 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-3.el5.centos Oct 24 07:30:46 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-6.el5.centos Dec 05 09:39:13 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-7.el5.centos [root@mavis log]# grep -i firefox\* /var/log/yum.log.1 Feb 10 07:48:31 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-9.el5.centos Mar 28 08:12:17 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-14.el5.centos Apr 19 11:19:13 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-15.el5.centos Jun 24 16:53:06 Updated: firefox.i386 3.0-0.beta5.6.el5.centos [root@mavis log]#
Just as confirmation, I've added my logs too. Ignore the beta stuff - I did some early testing and local installs.
# grep -i firef /var/log/yum.log* /var/log/yum.log.1:Sep 25 11:33:54 Updated: firefox-3.0.2-3.el5.centos.i386 /var/log/yum.log.1:Nov 18 07:56:18 Updated: firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.centos.i386 /var/log/yum.log.1:Dec 22 06:12:25 Updated: firefox-3.0.5-1.el5.centos.i386 /var/log/yum.log.2:Feb 09 19:54:31 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-9.el5.centos /var/log/yum.log.2:Mar 16 11:30:39 Erased: firefox /var/log/yum.log.2:Mar 16 12:53:26 Installed: firefox3.i386 3.0-0.beta4.20080312 /var/log/yum.log.2:Apr 04 13:39:00 Erased: firefox3 /var/log/yum.log.2:Apr 04 13:40:54 Installed: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-14.el5.centos /var/log/yum.log.2:Apr 04 13:41:03 Installed: firefox-devel.i386 1.5.0.12-14.el5.centos /var/log/yum.log.2:Apr 20 08:35:19 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-15.el5.centos /var/log/yum.log.2:Apr 20 08:35:29 Updated: firefox-devel.i386 1.5.0.12-15.el5.centos /var/log/yum.log.2:May 21 12:37:01 Erased: firefox-devel /var/log/yum.log.2:May 21 12:39:20 Erased: firefox /var/log/yum.log.2:May 21 13:45:17 Installed: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-15.el5.centos /var/log/yum.log.2:Jun 24 15:50:03 Updated: firefox - 3.0-0.beta5.6.el5.centos.i386 /var/log/yum.log.2:Jul 06 15:44:45 Updated: firefox - 3.0-2.el5.centos.i386 /var/log/yum.log.2:Jul 17 05:40:08 Updated: firefox - 3.0.1-1.el5.centos.i386 /var/log/yum.log.3:May 14 00:01:31 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.10-2.el5.centos /var/log/yum.log.3:Jun 09 10:44:40 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-1.el5.centos /var/log/yum.log.3:Jul 22 06:04:31 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-3.el5.centos /var/log/yum.log.3:Oct 28 09:34:21 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-6.el5.centos /var/log/yum.log.3:Dec 04 17:51:11 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-7.el5.centos
Also, it might be useful to remove all addons -- extensions, themes, plugins, etc. to see if one of those is causing a problem.
I've got all the "normal" plugins, but I don't use any "addons". In this configuration, NP. Also, I _have_ taken the time to disable all language packs, but I doubt these would be involved.
<snip sig stuff>
HTH
Robert wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Sam Drinkard sam@wa4phy.net wrote:
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I >started seeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a >"back" function on any pages or tabs.
I am running Firefox on CentOS 5.2 (32 bit) (fully updated) and I am not seeing that problem.
Also, I get some kind of strange message....
"Assertion Failed ASSERT:***Search:_installLocation: engine has no file! Stack Trace: 0 ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!.2147500037) 1:()2:()3:()4:90:epsGetAttr([objectObject],hidden)5:906:907:currentEngine() 8:get_currentEngine()9:updateDisplay() 10:init() 11:([object XULElement],0)
Strange messages. I've never seen those.
I realize this is not the proper place for FF related >problems, but
If you got FF from CentOS I think it's OK to begin here.
thought I'd ask if someone else has seen something like this happen. Prior to the last 2 updates, FF appeared to be working properly, and all the forward/back buttons worked.
Can you verify the Firefox Package, to see that it is or is not corrupted?
My Firefox is running just fine, too, Lanny. Seems like I recall the O.P. having problems with cross-pollinated repositories some time ago. A Firefox update history might be helpful:
[root@mavis log]# grep -i firefox* /var/log/yum.log.2 Jun 27 20:27:40 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-1.el5.centos Jul 20 12:05:52 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-3.el5.centos Oct 24 07:30:46 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-6.el5.centos Dec 05 09:39:13 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-7.el5.centos [root@mavis log]# grep -i firefox\* /var/log/yum.log.2 Jun 27 20:27:40 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-1.el5.centos Jul 20 12:05:52 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-3.el5.centos Oct 24 07:30:46 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-6.el5.centos Dec 05 09:39:13 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-7.el5.centos [root@mavis log]# grep -i firefox\* /var/log/yum.log.1 Feb 10 07:48:31 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-9.el5.centos Mar 28 08:12:17 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-14.el5.centos Apr 19 11:19:13 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-15.el5.centos Jun 24 16:53:06 Updated: firefox.i386 3.0-0.beta5.6.el5.centos [root@mavis log]#Also, it might be useful to remove all addons -- extensions, themes, plugins, etc. to see if one of those is causing a problem. _______________________________________________
The only thing I did was exclude the i386 and i686 pkgs some time back, but after seeing this problem, I removed the excludes and let it install both versions i.e., the i386 and X86_64 versions, thinking there might be a library shared between them and by not having both, something broke. So far, no luck.
Sam
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Sam Drinkard sam@wa4phy.net wrote:
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I >started seeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a >"back" function on any pages or tabs.
I am running Firefox on CentOS 5.2 (32 bit) (fully updated) and I am not seeing that problem.
Also, I get some kind of strange message....
"Assertion Failed ASSERT:***Search:_installLocation: engine has no file! Stack Trace: 0 ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!.2147500037) 1:()2:()3:()4:90:epsGetAttr([objectObject],hidden)5:906:907:currentEngine() 8:get_currentEngine()9:updateDisplay() 10:init() 11:([object XULElement],0)
Strange messages. I've never seen those.
I realize this is not the proper place for FF related >problems, but
If you got FF from CentOS I think it's OK to begin here.
thought I'd ask if someone else has seen something like this happen. Prior to the last 2 updates, FF appeared to be working properly, and all the forward/back buttons worked.
Can you verify the Firefox Package, to see that it is or is not corrupted?
Yes, I've removed and reinstalled via yum and the Centos repo.
On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 10:07 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Sam Drinkard sam@wa4phy.net wrote:
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I >started seeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a >"back" function on any pages or tabs. <snip>
Can you verify the Firefox Package, to see that it is or is not corrupted?
Yes, I've removed and reinstalled via yum and the Centos repo.
Again, I'm really ignorant, but I have one other thought. Have you tried moving all the user-specific stuff directory to another name and letting FF start up "fresh"? I recently had a problem regarding the destruction of the pluginreg.dat. Still waiting to hear if I should post a bug on it. The problem was having FF check to see if it was the default browser (needs to be disabled). Anyway, since you've re-installed, maybe something corrupted some configuration files.
It's easy to do, so worth a try I guess.
The ones with which I'm familiar are ~/.mozilla/firefox and ~/.mozilla/ although I don't think the latter one is involved. There's probably some system-wide ones, but I've never had to chase those down yet.
BTW, did you try an rpm verify after the re-install? We don't want to "assume" that things were not corrupted by the download/install process.
<snip sig stuff>
I need to add you to my spell-checker. It want's me to believe you're a "Drunkard". :-)
HTH
William L. Maltby wrote:
On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 10:07 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Sam Drinkard sam@wa4phy.net wrote:
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I >started seeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a >"back" function on any pages or tabs. <snip>
Can you verify the Firefox Package, to see that it is or is not corrupted?
Yes, I've removed and reinstalled via yum and the Centos repo.
Again, I'm really ignorant, but I have one other thought. Have you tried moving all the user-specific stuff directory to another name and letting FF start up "fresh"? I recently had a problem regarding the destruction of the pluginreg.dat. Still waiting to hear if I should post a bug on it. The problem was having FF check to see if it was the default browser (needs to be disabled). Anyway, since you've re-installed, maybe something corrupted some configuration files.
It's easy to do, so worth a try I guess.
The ones with which I'm familiar are ~/.mozilla/firefox and ~/.mozilla/ although I don't think the latter one is involved. There's probably some system-wide ones, but I've never had to chase those down yet.
BTW, did you try an rpm verify after the re-install? We don't want to "assume" that things were not corrupted by the download/install process.
<snip sig stuff>
I need to add you to my spell-checker. It want's me to believe you're a "Drunkard". :-)
HTH
Hahahahahaha! That's about what I feel like this morning Bill. Too many 'rita's yesterday evening. I thought of removing all the mozilla stuff in home to see if that helped, but have not gotten a roundtuit yet. I did verify the file, and it checks out ok. Now that the inbox is cleaned up, I'll give it a shot and see what happens.
Thanks..
Sam
Problem solved! Apparently, something got trashed in the ~/.mozilla/firefox directory(s). After deleting the .mozilla dir, restarted FF and all works as advertized now.
Thanks for the help and suggestions guys...
Sam
On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 11:09 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
Problem solved! Apparently, something got trashed in the ~/.mozilla/firefox directory(s). After deleting the .mozilla dir, restarted FF and all works as advertized now.
Glad to hear that!
Y'know those 'ritas are corrupting influences, right? >;-))
Thanks for the help and suggestions guys...
Sam
<snip sig stuff>
William L. Maltby wrote:
On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 11:09 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
Problem solved! Apparently, something got trashed in the ~/.mozilla/firefox directory(s). After deleting the .mozilla dir, restarted FF and all works as advertized now.
Glad to hear that!
Y'know those 'ritas are corrupting influences, right? >;-))
Thanks for the help and suggestions guys...
Sam
<snip sig stuff>
Yeah, but sometimes they also lead to major breakthroughs of insight (after you sober up ) :)
Cheers!
on 1-14-2009 8:15 AM William L. Maltby spake the following:
On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 11:09 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
Problem solved! Apparently, something got trashed in the ~/.mozilla/firefox directory(s). After deleting the .mozilla dir, restarted FF and all works as advertized now.
Glad to hear that!
Y'know those 'ritas are corrupting influences, right? >;-))
Then make me a pitcher of "corruption"! ;-P
Sam Drinkard wrote:
List,
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I startedseeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a "back" function on any pages or tabs. Also, I get some kind of strange message....
"Assertion Failed ASSERT:***Search:_installLocation: engine has no file! Stack Trace: 0 ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!.2147500037) 1:()2:()3:()4:90:epsGetAttr([objectObject],hidden)5:906:907:currentEngine() 8:get_currentEngine()9:updateDisplay() 10:init() 11:([object XULElement],0)
I realize this is not the proper place for FF related problems, butthought I'd ask if someone else has seen something like this happen. Prior to the last 2 updates, FF appeared to be working properly, and all the forward/back buttons worked.
i recall i had almost the same problem as yours some weeks back. One fine morning there was no back button for any page
in addition the awesomebar of ff3 was not working i.e it was not completing urls and i was not getting fullscreen even after pressing F11 numerous times. i tried disabling the flash and java plugins and also the other plugins but nothing worked. Then
i created a second ff profile from backup and till date that problem has not resurfaced yet. so i now run two profiles side-by -side one being a backup.
rpm -q firefox firefox-3.0.5-1.el5.centos
[freedom@desktop ~]$ sudo grep -i firefox /var/log/yum.log* Password: /var/log/yum.log:Dec 25 08:37:00 Updated: firefox - 3.0.5-1.el5.centos.i386 /var/log/yum.log.1:Sep 26 18:16:54 Updated: firefox - 3.0.2-3.el5.centos.i386 /var/log/yum.log.1:Nov 15 11:03:30 Updated: firefox - 3.0.4-1.el5.centos.i386 /var/log/yum.log.2:Aug 30 22:16:08 Updated: firefox - 3.0.1-1.el5.centos.i386
Sam Drinkard wrote:
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I startedseeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a "back" function on any pages or tabs. Also, I get some kind of strange message....
"Assertion Failed ASSERT:***Search:_installLocation: engine has no file! Stack Trace: 0 ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!.2147500037) 1:()2:()3:()4:90:epsGetAttr([objectObject],hidden)5:906:907:currentEngine() 8:get_currentEngine()9:updateDisplay() 10:init() 11:([object XULElement],0)
Stupid question: Did you restart firefox after the update? Because this is the behaviour which normally is seen when you try to continue to work with the previous version of firefox after an update.
It might just be that even after closing all windows there still is an old process hanging around and newly opened windows get created by that process.
So make sure that you kill *all* instances of firefox and try again.
Cheers,
Ralph
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