Firefox fails to import bookmarks from network share

[Aneurin Price]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

With Firefox 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1, on a recent version of Hardy (daily from a couple of days ago, most updates applied since):

Import of bookmarks (and presumably any other files) fails silently when the selected file is on a network share.
To reproduce:
    Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks -> Import and Backup -> Import... -> From File -> Next
    Select a remote location in the Open File dialog; the following appears in ~/.xsession-errors:
        ** (firefox:17006): WARNING **: Operation not supported by backend
    Click Open - the dialog box closes as expected, but nothing happens.

Expected outcome: bookmarks are imported, or at least a message is provided indicating that Firefox can't open files from a network share.

NB: The share is of course not mounted, however it is accessible to Nautilus; going to Places -> <sharename> on <servername> works just fine. This is a Samba share, if it makes any difference.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 15 21:05:07 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-15-generic x86_64

[DaddyUnit (jeffery-brewer)]

I'm experiencing the same problem. Loaded Hardy last week on new laptop and trying to import bookmarks from "shared documents" folder on win2k box.
I'm a novice, so not sure what I can add here that may or may not help, but if someone is interested and can direct me I'd be happy to supply. I'm also using amd64.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

is this still a problem with the latest ffox 3? If so, this is best dealt upstream as its not a ubuntu specific issue. first, verify that this is not caused by some extensions (disable all in tools -> addons and restart). Then please search in http://bugzilla.mozilla.org to ensure that your bug isn't filed; then open a bug in http://bugzilla.mozilla.org and post your bug id (or the one you found matching your issue) here. Thanks!

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

 We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!