Comment 6 for bug 230171

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 02:31:36PM -0000, jluscher wrote:
> 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.
>

Could you try to reproduce it and look what you see in tools -> error
console when the cancel button gets broken?

 status incomplete

 - Alexander