Bug 232184 – www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.0.1: "about" adresses doesn't work

• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description François Valenduc 2008-07-18 11:18:14 UTC]

When I type "about:plugins" in the adress bar of mozilla, the list of plugins remains empty. I also get this error when I choose "help - about Mozilla firefox" in the menu:

Erreur d'analyse XML : erreur dans le traitement d'une référence d'entité externe
Emplacement : chrome://browser/content/aboutDialog.xul
Numéro de ligne 9, Colonne 1 :%brandDTD;


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open mozilla-firefox and type about:plugins in the adress bar
2.notice that the list of plugins doesn't appear.
3.

Actual Results:  
the list remains empty

Expected Results:  
show the list of plugins

[Comment 1 François Valenduc 2008-07-18 11:21:14 UTC]

I should add that this problem after an upgrade from xulrunner 1.9-r2 to 1.9.0.1.

[Comment 2 François Valenduc 2008-07-18 11:45:05 UTC]

I have just rebuild xulrunner 1.9.0.1 and the problem doesn't occur anymore. I find that quite strange.

[Comment 3 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2008-07-18 15:36:34 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> I have just rebuild xulrunner 1.9.0.1 and the problem doesn't occur anymore. I
> find that quite strange.

Well, so do I! ;-)

Maybe mozilla@ has an explanation? :)

[Comment 4 Raúl Porcel (RETIRED) 2008-07-18 16:10:55 UTC]

No clue...worked for me, though.

[Comment 5 François Valenduc 2008-07-20 17:27:09 UTC]

I did the same upgrade on another computer and the problem didn't occur. So, this remains a mystery.