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Date:      Sun, 5 Oct 2003 12:12:41 +0000
From:      Steve Peck <steve@xmagic.co.uk>
To:        Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
Cc:        gnome@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Mozilla Firebird (Extensions)
Message-ID:  <20031005121241.GE66156@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <1065299583.27243.30.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
References:  <20031004210849.GA66156@localhost> <1065297899.27243.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20031004212932.GB66156@localhost> <1065299583.27243.30.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>

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On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 04:33:03PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 17:29, Steve Peck wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 04:04:59PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 17:08, Steve Peck wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > The port says this is where I should post any bugs, so here we go:-
> > > > 
> > > > I get some of the extensions for Firebird, in the extension list, to install just fine.
> > > > from http://texturizer.net/firebird/extensions/
> > > > 
> > > > However, the one I really want - StumbleUpon - just wont.
> > > > (http://www.stumbleupon.com)
> > > > 
> > > > It seems to think the file permissions are wrong (for the chrome dir?). But, IMHO, they're not!
> > > > Firstly beause other extensions install OK, 
> > > > and I'm not sure chmod -R o+rw is a particularly good idea.
> > > 
> > > I believe some extensions can only be installed if you're running
> > > Firebird as root.
> > > 
> > > Joe
> > > 
> > 
> > Ah, well, yes, I tried that too.
> > But it still didn't work.
> > 
> > Any other ideas?
> 
> Looks like the -239 patch you found has not been applied to Firebird
> 0.6.1.  You should be able to apply it, and see if it helps.
> 
> Joe
> 

Hi Joe, 

nsRegisterItem.cpp, line 239!!!
Change     nsresult rv;
To         nsresult rv = NS_OK;

I tried this and it worked just fine.
Thanks for all the feeback. Being root didn't make any difference in this case.

Cheers
Steve

> > 
> > > > 
> > > > Anyway,
> > > > 
> > > > install.log shows:
> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbleupon.xpi  --  10/04/2003 20:42:09
> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > 
> > > >      stumbleupon toolbar (version 0.1.0)
> > > >      -------------------
> > > > 
> > > >      [1/2]      Installing: /home/steve/.phoenix/default/qjw16f4h.slt/chrome/stumbleupon.jar
> > > >      [2/2]      Register Content: jar:file:///home/steve/.phoenix/default/qjw16f4h.slt/chrome/stumbleupon.jar!/content/stumbleupon/
> > > > 
> > > >      Install **FAILED** with error -239  --  10/04/2003 20:42:13
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > So, I get the old 239 Error. There was a whole bugfix (bug 109044) about this and a patch etc...!
> > > > Do you think thats got something to do with it?
> > > > (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109044)
> > > > 
> > > > Oh, the FreeBSD Handbook, on browsers, says something about running Mozilla as root!
> > > > I tried this and GTK just complains about not being able to open the display.
> > > > The only way to do this is to run X as root, then open Mozilla. Is this right?
> > > > 
> > > > I've been searching around for a while now, but can't find anything else useful.
> > > > I've cvsup'd the ports and re-installed firebird, but it didn't do the trick.
> > > > 
> > > > But, I hope you know something that can help. So over to you then ;-)
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Good Luck & Cheers
> > > > Steve Peck
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > BTW:
> > > > 
> > > > $ uname -a
> > > > FreeBSD Orac 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: Mon May 26 19:24:27 GMT 2003     root@Orac:/usr/src/sys/compile/ORAC  i386
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > $ head /usr/ports/www/mozilla-firebird/Makefile
> > > > # New ports collection makefile for:    mozilla-firebird
> > > > # Date created:                 May 31, 2003
> > > > # Whom:                         Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
> > > > #
> > > > # $FreeBSD: ports/www/mozilla-firebird/Makefile,v 1.54 2003/09/06 18:34:37 marcus Exp $
> > > > #
> > > > 
> > > > $ /usr/bin/perl --version
> > > > 
> > > > This is perl, v5.8.0 built for i386-freebsd
> > > > 
> > > > Copyright 1987-2002, Larry Wall
> > > > 
> > > > 
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