Comment 5 for bug 230171

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Alexander Sack <email address hidden> wrote:

> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 01:58:57PM -0000, jluscher wrote:
> >
> > My suspicion is that the Firefox code structure does not permit the
> 'cancel'
> > function while the download is being initialized - and - the initialize
> > isn't marked as 'complete' since there isn't room for the download,
> hence it
> > cannot be canceled AND it can't be downloaded - locking the download
> into
> > the list, effectively.
> >
> > I deleted a large folder that I have a backup copy of - the download
> started
> > and THEN I was able to click on the 'red circle X' and sucessfully
> cancel
> > the download - once it was in progress.
> >
> > So I have a work around for you (and me!) - at least for those who can
> free
> > up enough space for the selected download(!).
> >
> > The bug remains in Firefox however... :-(
> >
>
> So your disc was 100% full when you started the download?

A disk status display showed 100% full. There was still room, a little, but
certainly not enough for this file to have space allocated for it.

James

>
> - Alexander
>
> --
> can't terminate download entry
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230171
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