On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 08:35 -0500, Phil Schaffner wrote:
> William L. Maltby wrote:
> > Fully up-to-date CentOS 5.2 and Firefox browser. A previous thread had a
> > problem with plugins disappearing. I've discovered, by accident, a
> > causal relationship.
> >
> > Running a Thunderbird mail client (could happen with others? Haven't
> > tested with Evolution yet.) I click a link that opens the browser. BANG!
> > The plugins.dat is "emptied".
> >
> > Restored from my rsync backup, repeat, BANG! "Empty" again.
> >
> > Now, if the browser is already open, NP.
> >
> ><snip>
> Bill,
>
> Tried to reproduce this and could not - closed Firefox, clicked on a
> link in Thunderbird that opens Firefox. All plugins are OK.
Random thought: caused by the link clicked? Try this one for me? Weak
possibility, but I thought no use in "ass-u-me"ing.
http://links.seekingalpha.com/links/34878/83/105705/1184
>
> I have no plugins.dat, only
>
> .mozilla/firefox/2ucxmtim.default/pluginreg.dat
Heh. As mentioned in my other post, hadn't had 2nd cup yet. It is indeed
pluginreg.dat.
>
> firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.centos
> thunderbird-2.0.0.18-1.el5.centos
Ditto: T'bird version 2.0.0.18 (20081120)
>
> Have had problems with disappearing plugins when first starting Firefox,
> and then having them return after closing/restarting. Seemed to be a
> function of historical user configs and updates as it was not
> reproducible on a fresh user account. Never could find a bug report on
> it and did not create one as it worked OK on a clean config. Perhaps
> you could try this on a fresh account to check out that variable.
Yep. I did go to another account, but it uses evolution. The problem
didn't manifest itself using evolution. I'll go to another that uses
T'bird and try there. Then, a fresh account.
The fact that I can reproduce it on that account leaves me sure that
some kind of bug exists. It may only be exposed by some odd-ball thing
in that account or directory structure, like permissions or whatnot.
I'll investigate more throughout the day, as workload permits.
>
> Phil
> <snip sig stuff>
Thanks for the reply.
--
Bill
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