Firefox crashes when trying to enter an address and on startup, too

Same happens in Intrepid, also there's no logo in the top left corner

but a reboot fixed it :D

Added link to upstream bug.

Bug #338785 is a dupe of this. I'd mark it as such, but apparently I don't have adequate privileges to do that, given that several other bugs are marked as duplicates of 338785.

To summarize the upstream ticket, the problem is a side effect of the version upgrade process. Restarting FF will work around the problem. I'd infer from that, that the problem lies in the packaging, and not with the upstream project.

One of the duplicate tickets here contains a developer comment stating that this isn't an easy problem to resolve.

Although the current upgrade process does include a user notification that a FF restart is required, maybe a stop-gap solution would be to make that notification more forceful and intrusive, prompting the user to restart FF immediately before continuing to use it.

First assert(when inserting an address and pressing Enter):

ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
Stack Trace:
0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
1:()
2:()
3:()
4:epsGetAttr([object Object],alias)
5:()
6:SRCH_SVC_getEngineByAlias(http://pastebin.be/14918)
7:getEngineByAlias(http://pastebin.be/14918)
8:getShortcutOrURI(http://pastebin.be/14918,[object Object])
9:canonizeUrl([object MouseEvent],[object Object])
10:handleURLBarCommand([object MouseEvent])
11:onclick([object MouseEvent])

Second assert(opening a page from the URL history):

ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
Stack Trace:
0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
1:()
2:()
3:()
4:epsGetAttr([object Object],alias)
5:()
6:SRCH_SVC_getEngineByAlias(http://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox)
7:getEngineByAlias(http://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox)
8:getShortcutOrURI(http://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox,[object Object])
9:canonizeUrl([object KeyboardEvent],[object Object])
10:handleURLBarCommand([object KeyboardEvent])
11:anonymous(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
12:fireEvent(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
13:onTextEntered()
14:handleEnter(false)
15:onKeyPress([object KeyboardEvent])
16:onxblkeypress([object KeyboardEvent])

Third assert(opening Firefox):

ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
Stack Trace:
0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
1:()
2:()
3:()
4:epsGetAttr([object Object],hidden)
5:()
6:()
7:currentEngine()
8:get_currentEngine()
9:updateDisplay()
10:init()
11:([object XULElement],11)

That is a restart issue not the same as upstream bug. Removing upstream bug from this bug. Marking as invalid. If you see a different problem please report a separate bug report.

John Vivirito wrote:
> That is a restart issue not the same as upstream bug.

I'm confused then. Have you experienced this bug? What are the conditions under which it occurs. As far as what is described in this ticket, the symptoms are identical to what I have observed. Is it not resolved via a restart?

> Marking as invalid.

If you are stipulating that this is a different bug from the upstream bug, then why is it invalid?

> If you see a different problem please report a separate bug report.

Seems identical to me, but I've moved my comments and the reference to the upstream ticket over to Bug #338785.

I see what i did. I will redo the dups i didnt bother doing them for some reason maybe rushed of line or what not

We gather so many of these bug reports its hard to keep track. I will look for all of them maybe in morning.