Ubuntu customizations aren't being used

Bug #1013186 reported by Chris Coulson
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Chris Coulson
Lucid
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Natty
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Oneiric
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Precise
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Quantal
Fix Released
High
Chris Coulson

Bug Description

Due to a load sequence issue, our vendor preferences are being overwritten with the upstream defaults - causing issues such as addons being disabled by default on first run and the start page being incorrect.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: firefox 14.0~b7+build1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25.
ApportVersion: 2.1.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: chr1s 2513 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: chr1s 2513 F...m pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120613200924
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6960000 irq 44'
   Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:111d76d5,1028040a,00100104 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 32
   Simple ctrls : 13
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Headset'/'Logitech Logitech USB Headset at usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1.3, full speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB046d:0a0b'
   Controls : 6
   Simple ctrls : 2
Channel: beta
Date: Thu Jun 14 14:31:56 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.4 metric 1
 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.3 metric 2
 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1
MostRecentCrashID: bp-e0f08dbe-05e2-45a4-b1dc-7be982120206
Plugins:
 Java(TM) Plug-in 1.7.0_05 - /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so
 iTunes Application Detector - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so (rhythmbox-mozilla)
 Gnome Shell Integration - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so (gnome-shell)
 Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so (adobe-flashplugin)
PrefSources:
 /etc/firefox/syspref.js
 prefs.js
 user.js
 [Profile]/<email address hidden>/defaults/preferences/inspector.js
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=16.0a1/20120614142222 (Out of date)
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Daemon not responding.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 rhythmbox-mozilla 2.97-0ubuntu2
 gnome-shell 3.4.1-5ubuntu1
 adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.236-0precise1
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2011-11-16 (210 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/15/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A07
dmi.board.name: 04373Y
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A03
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd02/15/2011:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6410:pvr0001:rvnDellInc.:rn04373Y:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E6410
dmi.product.version: 0001
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

Revision history for this message
Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Quantal):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
assignee: nobody → Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Precise):
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 14.0~b7+build1-0ubuntu2

---------------
firefox (14.0~b7+build1-0ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low

  * Fix LP: #1013186 - install our vendor preferences as application
    defaults rather than GRE defaults, so that they are loaded after
    the upstream defaults again. The upstream defaults were also moved
    as part of the webapp runtime work (which has it's own application
    defaults)
    - update debian/firefox.install.in
    - update debian/firefox.links.in
 -- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:10:21 +0100

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

---------------
firefox (14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) precise-security; urgency=low

  * New upstream stable release (FIREFOX_14_0_1_BUILD1)
    - see LP: #1024562 for USN information

  [ Chris Coulson <email address hidden> ]
  * Update globalmenu-extension to 3.2.5
    - Fix LP: #1010580 - No choice of folder when adding a bookmark from
      the bookmark menu
    - Fix a crash in uGlobalMenu::RecycleList::~RecycleList()
  * Refresh patches
    - update debian/patches/ubuntu-codes-google.patch
    - update debian/patches/allow-lockPref-everywhere.patch
    - update debian/patches/plugin-for-mimetype-pref.patch
    - update debian/patches/add-syspref-dir.patch
  * Drop patches fixed upstream
    - remove debian/patches/revert-bmo621446-investigation.patch
  * Add Keywords to the desktop file
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
  * Update desktop file translations
    - update debian/firefox.sh.in
  * Ensure that additional actions in the desktop file match the fd.o spec
    in precise and newer
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
    - update debian/rules
  * Drop the application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml mimetype from the desktop file.
    Firefox hasn't been able to view XUL files from non-chrome URI's since
    version 4.0
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
  * Add application/x-xpinstall to the MimeType field of the desktop file
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
  * Drop the ability to select between tree/system libraries using a single
    option in debian/rules. It adds additional complexity and was never used
    - update debian/config/mozconfig.in
    - update debian/control.in
    - update debian/firefox-dev.install.in
    - update debian/firefox-dev.links.in
    - update debian/pkgconfig/libxul.pc.in
    - update debian/rules
  * Fix make-makefile test failure when the build directory contains
    perl regexp control characters
    - add debian/patches/make-makefile-test-fix.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Shuffle the order of google-breakpad/src/common/dwarf/Makefile.in to fix a
    variable substitution issue, which was causing some objects to be built with
    the wrong compiler flags, resulting in dump_syms crashing (LP: #1002590)
    - add debian/patches/fix-makefile-substitution-bug.patch
  * Update StartupWMClass to the correct name
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
    - update debian/rules
  * Add search plugin for DuckDuckGo
  * Fix LP: #1000820 - firefox-dev conflicts with xulrunner-1.9-dev for
    people with the latter still installed
    - update debian/control{,.in}
  * Add Fulah to locales.blacklist
  * Fix LP: #1013186 - install our vendor preferences as application
    defaults rather than GRE defaults, so that they are loaded after
    the upstream defaults again. The upstream defaults were also moved
    as part of the webapp runtime work (which has it's own application
    defaults)
    - update debian/firefox.install.in
    - update debian/firefox.links.in
  * Apport hook improvements:
    - Sort preferences alphabetically in the apport data
    - Treat preferences set in default addons as default ...

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Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

---------------
firefox (14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) lucid-security; urgency=low

  * New upstream stable release (FIREFOX_14_0_1_BUILD1)
    - see LP: #1024562 for USN information

  [ Chris Coulson <email address hidden> ]
  * Refresh patches
    - update debian/patches/ubuntu-codes-google.patch
    - update debian/patches/allow-lockPref-everywhere.patch
    - update debian/patches/plugin-for-mimetype-pref.patch
    - update debian/patches/firefox-kde.patch
    - update debian/patches/add-syspref-dir.patch
  * Drop patches fixed upstream
    - remove debian/patches/revert-bmo-621446-investigation.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Update desktop file translations
    - update debian/firefox.sh.in
  * Drop the application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml mimetype from the desktop file.
    Firefox hasn't been able to view XUL files from non-chrome URI's since
    version 4.0
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
  * Add application/x-xpinstall to the MimeType field of the desktop file
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
  * Drop the ability to select between tree/system libraries using a single
    option in debian/rules. It adds additional complexity and was never used
    - update debian/config/mozconfig.in
    - update debian/control.in
    - update debian/firefox-dev.install.in
    - update debian/firefox-dev.links.in
    - update debian/pkgconfig/libxul.pc.in
    - update debian/rules
  * Fix make-makefile test failure when the build directory contains
    perl regexp control characters
    - add debian/patches/make-makefile-test-fix.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Shuffle the order of google-breakpad/src/common/dwarf/Makefile.in to fix a
    variable substitution issue, which was causing some objects to be built with
    the wrong compiler flags, resulting in dump_syms crashing (LP: #1002590)
    - add debian/patches/fix-makefile-substitution-bug.patch
  * Update StartupWMClass to the correct name
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
    - update debian/rules
  * Add search plugin for DuckDuckGo
  * Fix LP: #1000820 - firefox-dev conflicts with xulrunner-1.9-dev for
    people with the latter still installed
    - update debian/control{,.in}
  * Add Fulah to locales.blacklist
  * Fix LP: #1013186 - install our vendor preferences as application
    defaults rather than GRE defaults, so that they are loaded after
    the upstream defaults again. The upstream defaults were also moved
    as part of the webapp runtime work (which has it's own application
    defaults)
    - update debian/firefox.install.in
  * Apport hook improvements:
    - Sort preferences alphabetically in the apport data
    - Treat preferences set in default addons as default prefs so that
      they don't show up in apport data, unless the preference files have
      been modified
    - Support random pref files dropped in to the Firefox install folder, and
      preferences from application bundles
    - Fix ordering issues when loading preferences
  * Drop debian/patches/plugin-for-mimetype-pref.patch. The burden of
    carrying this is starting to outweigh the be...

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Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1

---------------
firefox (14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1) natty-security; urgency=low

  * New upstream stable release (FIREFOX_14_0_1_BUILD1)
    - see LP: #1024562 for USN information

  [ Chris Coulson <email address hidden> ]
  * Update globalmenu-extension to 3.2.5
    - Fix LP: #1010580 - No choice of folder when adding a bookmark from
      the bookmark menu
    - Fix a crash in uGlobalMenu::RecycleList::~RecycleList()
  * Refresh patches
    - update debian/patches/ubuntu-codes-google.patch
    - update debian/patches/allow-lockPref-everywhere.patch
    - update debian/patches/plugin-for-mimetype-pref.patch
    - update debian/patches/firefox-kde.patch
  * Drop patches fixed upstream
    - remove debian/patches/revert-bmo-621446-investigation.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Update desktop file translations
    - update debian/firefox.sh.in
  * Drop the application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml mimetype from the desktop file.
    Firefox hasn't been able to view XUL files from non-chrome URI's since
    version 4.0
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
  * Add application/x-xpinstall to the MimeType field of the desktop file
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
  * Drop the ability to select between tree/system libraries using a single
    option in debian/rules. It adds additional complexity and was never used
    - update debian/config/mozconfig.in
    - update debian/control.in
    - update debian/firefox-dev.install.in
    - update debian/firefox-dev.links.in
    - update debian/pkgconfig/libxul.pc.in
    - update debian/rules
  * Fix make-makefile test failure when the build directory contains
    perl regexp control characters
    - add debian/patches/make-makefile-test-fix.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Shuffle the order of google-breakpad/src/common/dwarf/Makefile.in to fix a
    variable substitution issue, which was causing some objects to be built with
    the wrong compiler flags, resulting in dump_syms crashing (LP: #1002590)
    - add debian/patches/fix-makefile-substitution-bug.patch
  * Update StartupWMClass to the correct name
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
    - update debian/rules
  * Add search plugin for DuckDuckGo
  * Fix LP: #1000820 - firefox-dev conflicts with xulrunner-1.9-dev for
    people with the latter still installed
    - update debian/control{,.in}
  * Add Fulah to locales.blacklist
  * Fix LP: #1013186 - install our vendor preferences as application
    defaults rather than GRE defaults, so that they are loaded after
    the upstream defaults again. The upstream defaults were also moved
    as part of the webapp runtime work (which has it's own application
    defaults)
    - update debian/firefox.install.in
    - update debian/firefox.links.in
  * Apport hook improvements:
    - Sort preferences alphabetically in the apport data
    - Treat preferences set in default addons as default prefs so that
      they don't show up in apport data, unless the preference files have
      been modified
    - Support random pref files dropped in to the Firefox install folder, and
      preferences from ap...

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Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Natty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1

---------------
firefox (14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1) oneiric-security; urgency=low

  * New upstream stable release (FIREFOX_14_0_1_BUILD1)
    - see LP: #1024562 for USN information

  [ Chris Coulson <email address hidden> ]
  * Update globalmenu-extension to 3.2.5
    - Fix LP: #1010580 - No choice of folder when adding a bookmark from
      the bookmark menu
    - Fix a crash in uGlobalMenu::RecycleList::~RecycleList()
  * Refresh patches
    - update debian/patches/ubuntu-codes-google.patch
    - update debian/patches/allow-lockPref-everywhere.patch
    - update debian/patches/plugin-for-mimetype-pref.patch
    - update debian/patches/firefox-kde.patch
  * Dropped patches fixed upstream
    - remove debian/patches/revert-bmo621446-investigation.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Update desktop file translations
    - update debian/firefox.sh.in
  * Drop the application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml mimetype from the desktop file.
    Firefox hasn't been able to view XUL files from non-chrome URI's since
    version 4.0
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
  * Add application/x-xpinstall to the MimeType field of the desktop file
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
  * Drop the ability to select between tree/system libraries using a single
    option in debian/rules. It adds additional complexity and was never used
    - update debian/config/mozconfig.in
    - update debian/control.in
    - update debian/firefox-dev.install.in
    - update debian/firefox-dev.links.in
    - update debian/pkgconfig/libxul.pc.in
    - update debian/rules
  * Fix make-makefile test failure when the build directory contains
    perl regexp control characters
    - add debian/patches/make-makefile-test-fix.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Shuffle the order of google-breakpad/src/common/dwarf/Makefile.in to fix a
    variable substitution issue, which was causing some objects to be built with
    the wrong compiler flags, resulting in dump_syms crashing (LP: #1002590)
    - add debian/patches/fix-makefile-substitution-bug.patch
  * Update StartupWMClass to the correct name
    - update debian/firefox.desktop.in
    - update debian/rules
  * Add search plugin for DuckDuckGo
  * Fix LP: #1000820 - firefox-dev conflicts with xulrunner-1.9-dev for
    people with the latter still installed
    - update debian/control{,.in}
  * Add Fulah to locales.blacklist
  * Fix LP: #1013186 - install our vendor preferences as application
    defaults rather than GRE defaults, so that they are loaded after
    the upstream defaults again. The upstream defaults were also moved
    as part of the webapp runtime work (which has it's own application
    defaults)
    - update debian/firefox.install.in
    - update debian/firefox.links.in
  * Apport hook improvements:
    - Sort preferences alphabetically in the apport data
    - Treat preferences set in default addons as default prefs so that
      they don't show up in apport data, unless the preference files have
      been modified
    - Support random pref files dropped in to the Firefox install folder, and
      preferences fro...

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Changed in firefox (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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