Firefox couldn't retrieve add-ons -- ADBLOCK PLUS

[sirald66]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

UBUNTU 9.04 - GNOME
FIREFOX 3.0.11 (new profile, no other add-ons)
ADBLOCK PLUS 1.0.2

Using FIREFOX : TOOLS : ADD-ONS : SEARCH BOX : ADBLOCK PLUS ; the search responds "Firefox couldn't retrieve add-ons". Searching on "ADBLOCK" yields the same result, but searching on "BLOCK" provides results. I checked the bug list and did not notice this issue.

By searching on BLOCK, I can install and have no problems. I can use the BROWSE ALL ADD-ONS that takes me to addons.mozilla.org and have no problems installing from there either.

This is only an issue because I am doing a special screen-recording for a specific site and this prevents me from demonstrating the shortest method.

ANDY

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686

[Wilson Perdomo (xavierp94)]

I also experiance the same problem. I search for adblock and I get the same error.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. I tried to do that search with a new profile and it showed Adblock Plus in the search. Could you please let us know if a new profile helps? You don't need to delete your old profile to test.
firefox -ProfileManager

[sirald66 (sirald66)]

Was fixed by by the Mozilla team:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500125

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed by addons.mozilla.org being updated. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.