[Bug 245776] Re: cant run installation program
Definitely enough people to confirm this bug. However, I think there's a duplicate triaged bug in one of the 3 firefox source packages (firefox, firefox-3.0, firefox-3.5). If someone could find it, I believe this might actually be fixed in Firefox 4.0. ** Tags added: likely-dup ** Changed in: firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed ** Summary changed: - cant run installation program + cannot open file after download into /tmp -- cannot open file after download into /tmp https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 245776] Re: cant run installation program
The recipe in my comment #8 still reproduces the issue in Lucid (10.04 LTS) firefox version 3.6.6. ** Changed in: firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- cant run installation program https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 245776] Re: cant run installation program
This bug still occurs for Firefox 3.5, so I expect this to be the same for 3.0. I get the exact same errors as Anton reported (nr. 3 and 4). ** Package changed: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) = firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu) -- cant run installation program https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 245776] Re: cant run installation program
We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest firefox version? Thanks in advance. -- cant run installation program https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 245776] Re: cant run installation program
I have got this a couple of times with PDF files. The file is downloaded, it can be found intact in the tmp directory, but it will not open with the default Document viewer. IIRC, explicitly selecting a viewer (/usr/bin/xpdf of /usr/bin/evince) opened the document fine. Right now I cannot reproduce the problem exactly, but can get similar results: 1. Create a new firefox profile for testing and use that. 2. Browse to a pdf document that is served using an unknown, wrong content-type, e.g., 'application/x-foobar'. 3. Select Open with Document Viewer (default) - Gives error message /tmp/test.pdf could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences. 4. Doubleclick (or select retry) for the entry in the download manager - Gives the error message: /tmp/test.pdf could not be saved, because you cannot change the contents of that folder. FF3 is giving the wrong error message here. Probably the same applies to the original problem. There is of course nothing that ties this to some specific file type like pdfs or debs. I am attaching a simple python script to easily serve files in the current directory using whatever content-type. Use it like: MIMETYPE=application/x-foobar python mthttpserver.py and then browse to http://localhost:8000/ On a side note, why does FF3 offer the default viewer when it knows there is no associated helper? ** Attachment added: http server script for mime-type testing http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18885068/mthttpserver.py -- cant run installation program https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 245776] Re: cant run installation program
My solution was to uninstall Firefox 3 and install Firefox 2 That's not really a solution, though. I've done a few searches on bugzilla, and I can't see anything that looks the same. Running some google searches shows that this has been seen on Ubuntu before, but there seemed to be no clear conclusion: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=827430 Could the file have been already in the /tmp directory, perhaps having been downloaded with firefox run as root? -- cant run installation program https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 245776] Re: cant run installation program
Thomas K - After looking at your link, I seem to recall seeing this issue once before when trying to download a PDF. I can't reproduce it though, but I found this link, which suggests deleting download history using Tools - Clear Private Data when you experience problems downloading files: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_save_or_download_files And already having an existing file with the same but owned by a different user in /tmp doesn't stop Firefox from downloading a file. I just tried it, and it just appends a '-1' on the end of the filename. -- cant run installation program https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 245776] Re: cant run installation program
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15840389/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ExtensionSummary.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15840390/ExtensionSummary.txt ** Attachment added: profiles.ini.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15840391/profiles.ini.txt -- cant run installation program https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 245776] Re: cant run installation program
It sounds like you do not have write access to the /tmp directory, for some reason... Does this still happen after a reboot? If so, can you go to a command line, then do: cd / (change to the root directory), ls -ltrh (make a detailed list of what's in that directory), and post the result here as an attachment? -- cant run installation program https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 245776] Re: cant run installation program
Are there any other users on the system? If another user already has that file name under /tmp, then you'd probably get a similar error due to the sticky bit on /tmp. Or have you set up Apparmor for Firefox by any chance? I couldn't think of any other reason why you'd get the error. If you had no write permissions on /tmp, you wouldn't even be able to log in ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- cant run installation program https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 245776] Re: cant run installation program
I have full access to the /tmp directory. No other users on the system My solution was to uninstall Firefox 3 and install Firefox 2 My Problem resolved Computers are like air-conditioners ... They don't work properly when you open windows :) thanks Andrew -- cant run installation program https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 245776] Re: cant run installation program
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew D S Jones wrote: I have full access to the /tmp directory. No other users on the system My solution was to uninstall Firefox 3 and install Firefox 2 My Problem resolved Computers are like air-conditioners ... They don't work properly when you open windows :) thanks Andrew This sounds liek a change in firefox can someone please look upstream to see if there is a bug on it or please report a bug on this issue upstream. The upstream tracker is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/query.cgi - -- Sincerely Yours, John Vivirito https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnVivirito Linux User# 414246 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIb2hgqig4QTwcPCoRAjBrAJ4vo/nJYc8lNDpjt/pXyTb6RwK1SQCfRgK5 tIS+z9iMl8A5gBxnsH7eFdQ= =+5VR -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- cant run installation program https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
