Firefox does not suggest history/bookmarks, after screensaver activated once

[Alexander Karatarakis]

Steps to reproduce:
1) Open firefox, go to a random site.
2) Leave the computer for 5 mins until screensaver kicks in.
3) Quit screensaver
4) Try typing on firefox's address bar.

You will notice that firefox does not suggest sites based on the first few letters you type as it usually does.

This is fixed by changing the active window(eg start nautilus and close it again) and then returning focus to firefox.

The bug does not occur when manually locking the pc, the lock has to be initiated by screensaver.

[Vish (vish)]

This bug has been bothering me for a while too!

The workaround I had been using was to open the Edit > Preferences and then getting back to the address bar!

I had thought this was because the settings were some how lost. But changing the window focus as you describe also works!

[Vish (vish)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

apport-collect 607778

This will help us to find and resolve the problem. Bear in mind that you may need to install the python-launchpadlib package from the universe repository. Additionally, when prompted to give apport-collect permissions for Launchpad you will need to give it at least the ability to "Change Non-Private" data as it will be adding information to your bug report. Thanks in advance!

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Vish (vish)]

One difference though is that i dont lock my system.
Maybe the screensaver being activated also triggers this bug.

I have filed a dup Bug #608157 as well , so that information can be gathered about my Firefox profile.
Maybe this is being caused by some extension or FF 3.5 itself!

[Alexander Karatarakis (alexkaratarakis)]

I tested screensaver without locking and you are correct. It appears the screensaver is the condition that activates the bug and not the locking.

[Vish (vish)]

@Alexander Karatarakis : Thanks for the update , updated the bug accordingly

But Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

apport-collect 607778

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

This is *essential* , without which the bug is incomplete and cannot be solved.

[Alexander Karatarakis (alexkaratarakis)]

Ok, i run:
apport-collect 607778
gave permission to access launchpad on the window that popped up, but after i authorized apport-collect, i get the following message:

"Package firefox-3.5 not installed and no hook available, ignoring".

What should i do? :/

[Alexander Karatarakis (alexkaratarakis)]

Btw, my version of firefox is "3.6.7+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1".

[Vish (vish)]

Odd , then try filing a new bug , like how i did with Bug #608157 ,
I used the command:

ubuntu-bug firefox

Once you have filed a bug , mention the bug number here , We can dup it to this bug and have the info.

[Alexander Karatarakis (alexkaratarakis)]

Ok done, duplicate bug number is: Bug #608971

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 438868, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.