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firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #231472
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 231472

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Alvaro Toledo (atoledo) wrote :

I'm having this exact same issue, however the workarounds provided here are not fixing the issue for me.
The errors I'm getting in the console are similar to the ones reported here:

Failed to load XPCOM component: /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/components/pyabout.py

Failed to load XPCOM component: /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/components/libpyloader.so

Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE) [nsIJSCID.getService]" nsresult: "0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: file:///usr/lib/firefox-3.0/components/nsBrowserGlue.js :: bg__initPlaces :: line 386" data: no]
Source File: file:///usr/lib/firefox-3.0/components/nsBrowserGlue.js
Line: 386

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE) [nsIJSCID.getService]" nsresult: "0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/search/search.xml :: get_searchService :: line 145" data: no]

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE) [nsIJSCID.getService]" nsresult: "0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/search/search.xml :: initialize :: line 527" data: no]

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8007000e (NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY) [nsIDocShellHistory.useGlobalHistory]" nsresult: "0x8007000e (NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/browser.js :: prepareForStartup :: line 740" data: no]

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE) [nsIJSCID.getService]" nsresult: "0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: file:///usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/modules/utils.js :: anonymous :: line 105" data: no]

Oddly enough, Firefox runs fine for root. I've created new profiles, deleted old profiles, deleted my .mozilla directory, ran firefox as root, all to no avail.