Tabs are not saved if "View->Page Source" window open

[Jim Petersen]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Usually when I exit Firefox it offers the option to save the open-tab state so I can return to the same tabs when first browsing next time I open Firefox. However, I noticed once it did not ask when I closed Firefox, and then I noticed that I had a Page Source window open behind Firefox's main window. I first closed Firefox using the "X" window decoration icon in the upper-right corner (GNOME), then I noticed I didn't get the Save Tab State option, then I used "X" to close the Firefox Page Source window. Finally, when I reopened Firefox, my tabs were gone--they were not automatically returned to. I had to search my history to find the tabs I had open.

Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
"firefox" Installed: 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 15 00:03:28 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 04:15:04AM -0000, Jim Petersen wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> Usually when I exit Firefox it offers the option to save the open-tab
> state so I can return to the same tabs when first browsing next time I
> open Firefox. However, I noticed once it did not ask when I closed
> Firefox, and then I noticed that I had a Page Source window open behind
> Firefox's main window. I first closed Firefox using the "X" window
> decoration icon in the upper-right corner (GNOME), then I noticed I
> didn't get the Save Tab State option, then I used "X" to close the
> Firefox Page Source window. Finally, when I reopened Firefox, my tabs
> were gone--they were not automatically returned to. I had to search my
> history to find the tabs I had open.

firefox 3 RC1 will hit your system in a few days. when you got that
plesae check if you can still reproduce and let us know.

 status incomplete

 - Alexander

[Jim Petersen (jpeter20)]

I just tested using the procedure explained in the original bug post. The bug still exists in 3.0 RC1, so this bug post is still valid.

I also tested using the "polite" app. exit method, using "File->Quit", instead of hitting the "X" close-window button in the upper right. The buggy behavior is also apparent using the polite exit.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 07:34:07PM -0000, Jim Petersen wrote:
> I just tested using the procedure explained in the original bug post.
> The bug still exists in 3.0 RC1, so this bug post is still valid.
>
> I also tested using the "polite" app. exit method, using "File->Quit",
> instead of hitting the "X" close-window button in the upper right. The
> buggy behavior is also apparent using the polite exit.
>

can someone else reproduce?

 status incomplete

 - Alexander

[Jim Petersen (jpeter20)]

This ticket can probably be canceled. The tab-saving behavior in Firefox 3.0 (final version) appears to be different than in the 3.0b5 and RC series. I just turned on "Edit->Preferences->Main->Startup, "When Firefox starts: Show my windows and tabs from last time". Now, my tabs are automatically opened upon re-entry into Firefox, like I want them to be. The old behavior in the 3.0b5/RC series was that upon exiting Firefox, a pop-up dialog box would ask "Do you want to save tabs for redisplay next time?" to which I would always click Yes. Now that question doesn't appear anymore for some reason, no matter how I exit Firefox, so I was losing my saved tabs until I read about the Startup option at Firefox's support database website. Now, even if I have a View->Page Source window open, when I exit Firefox and then close the Source window, my tabs are remembered for the next time Firefox starts.

Thanks for looking into it anyway...

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 02:33:24AM -0000, Jim Petersen wrote:
> This ticket can probably be canceled. The tab-saving behavior in
> Firefox 3.0 (final version) appears to be different than in the 3.0b5
> and RC series. I just turned on "Edit->Preferences->Main->Startup,
> "When Firefox starts: Show my windows and tabs from last time". Now, my
> tabs are automatically opened upon re-entry into Firefox, like I want
> them to be. The old behavior in the 3.0b5/RC series was that upon
> exiting Firefox, a pop-up dialog box would ask "Do you want to save tabs
> for redisplay next time?" to which I would always click Yes. Now that
> question doesn't appear anymore for some reason, no matter how I exit
> Firefox, so I was losing my saved tabs until I read about the Startup
> option at Firefox's support database website. Now, even if I have a
> View->Page Source window open, when I exit Firefox and then close the
> Source window, my tabs are remembered for the next time Firefox starts.
>
> Thanks for looking into it anyway...
>

welcome!

 status invalid

 - Alexander

[Miguel Diago (mdm)]

I can still reproduce this in Firefox updated to 05-07-2008.

It never asks me to save the current session when a source code or "downloads" window are open.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 06:28:50PM -0000, Miguel Diago wrote:
> I can still reproduce this in Firefox updated to 05-07-2008.
>
> It never asks me to save the current session when a source code or
> "downloads" window are open.
>

It doesnt happen to me. Please try to disable your extensions
one-by-one until you find the one causing this.

 - Alexander

[Miguel Diago (mdm)]

I have disabled all my extensions and even tested it on a new user profile, and it still happens. My version is Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008061015 Firefox/3.0, I have checked it is up to date with the repositories and I have not modified the default settings.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

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Miguel Diago wrote:
> I have disabled all my extensions and even tested it on a new user
> profile, and it still happens. My version is Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux
> i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008061015 Firefox/3.0, I have checked it is
> up to date with the repositories and I have not modified the default
> settings.
>
Can you please post the output of apt-cache policy firefox-3.0

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Sincerely Yours,
    John Vivirito

https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnVivirito
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[Miguel Diago (mdm)]

> Can you please post the output of apt-cache policy firefox-3.0

miguel@miguel-desktop:~$ LANG=C apt-cache policy firefox-3.0
firefox-3.0:
  Installed: 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  Candidate: 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 0
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

[Pascal Lamblin (blip-aigri)]

I can reproduce the bug in Intrepid, with a clean, new profile.
If I open the "Download" window, or view source of a page, and then exit the navigation window, Firefox warns me if I'm closing multiple tabs, but does not asks me if I want to save them.
I think it would be the expected behavior if another navigation window was open, but it is not if it's the last navigation window.

blip@siva ~% apt-cache policy firefox-3.0
firefox-3.0:
  Installed: 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status