[SOLVED] Seamonkey-2.46

chemfire · 01-08-2017, 09:10 AM

Is anyone having trouble with downloads after updating to the seamonkey-2.46 packages on slackware 14.2 (64-bit)?

I get the following error whenever I try to download a file or save an attachment from mail. Note save-page-as works fine.

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could not be saved, because you cannot change the contents of that folder.

Change the folder properties and try again, or try saving in a different location

I spent a lot of time changing the download settings to defaults first with the preferences dialog and than manually ripping every browser.download setting out of prefs.js.

Finally I tried just creating a new profile, same thing. Then I thought after debugging with strace and not seeing anything failing to open for permissions reasons that maybe it was possibly something to do with my home directory in some way I just was not seeing. So I created an entirely new user using the useradd program so all the permissions, default files etc would be clean. Same issue.

Tried seamonkey as root (I know crazy) and it WORKS! So I tried coping my old profile into /root/.mozilla/seamonkey and patching up profiles.ini, it WORKS!

So for some kind of very strange permissions reason or bug seamonkey won't download files as a normal user it seams. Is it just me? I really can't imagine what could possibly be broken in a brand new user, with a brand new mozilla profile.

I am posting here because the Google has not been helpful, which makes me think this probably a thing with Slackware, its seamonkey package, or my system.

bathory · 01-08-2017, 12:32 PM

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Is anyone having trouble with downloads after updating to the seamonkey-2.46 packages on slackware 14.2 (64-bit)?

Nope. It works fine here (Slackware64 current).
What happens if you choose a different download method (progress dialog or download manager)?

chemfire · 01-09-2017, 06:30 AM

No effect unfortunately.

kjhambrick · 01-09-2017, 08:56 AM

chemfire --

I've been playing with Pat's seamonkey.SlackBuild since Saturday, trying to get it to include NSPR Files in the Slackware Packages.

I needed the NSPR 'obsolete' include files to build the SBo xmlsec.SlackBuild which fails when I tried to build against Seamonkey 2.46.

Seamonkey 2.40 worked fine and the necessary .h files were there when I ran the previous version of xmlsec.SlackBuild .

Anyhow, looking at Linux From Scratch Seamonkey Build Instructions their method is quite a bit different than the method invoked in the Slackware 14.2 seamonkey.SlackBuild.

I need to throw together a VM to try it out and it will be a while before my work schedule allows time to play.

Anyhow ... no real help here but since NSPR is responsible for File IO and since libfreebl is missing from Seamonkey 2.46 ( see below ), that might be a possible cause ???

-- kjh

# missing files in the seamonkey.SlackBuild log

Code:

# grep 'cannot stat' /tmp/seamonkey.SlackBuild-2.46-x86_64.log

cp: cannot stat 'mozilla/dist/include/nspr/*.h': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat 'mozilla/dist/include/nspr/obsolete/*.h': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat 'mozilla/dist/include/nspr/private/*.h': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat 'mozilla/dist/include/*.tbl': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat 'mozilla/dist/include/*.msg': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat 'mozilla/dist/include/*.h': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat 'mozilla/dist/sdk/include/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/tmp/package-seamonkey/usr/lib64/seamonkey-2.46/libfreebl3.chk': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/tmp/package-seamonkey/usr/lib64/seamonkey-2.46/libfreebl3.so': No such file or directory

bathory · 01-09-2017, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by chemfire

No effect unfortunately.

You may start seamonkey from CLI and watch for errors. There are also some command line options (like safe mode or debug enabled) to test.

And you can use Tools->Web Development->Error Console (or Tools->Web Development->Browser Console) and watch there for errors

Regards

chemfire · 01-09-2017, 01:44 PM

I have been thru safemode and watching everything in strace. I got nothing useful out of the command line errors but I will comb my logs again. I am think I might try to take Pat's script and do my own build. I'd like the EME stuff built and just a quick look over the slackbuild shows those options are not included.

dwblas · 01-09-2017, 02:44 PM

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could not be saved, because you cannot change the contents of that folder.

Change the folder properties and try again, or try saving in a different location

You do not have permission to change (download to) that directory. Either change the permissions on the download directory so your user can change it, or download to a directory your user owns.

bathory · 01-10-2017, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by chemfire

I have been thru safemode and watching everything in strace. I got nothing useful out of the command line errors but I will comb my logs again. I am think I might try to take Pat's script and do my own build. I'd like the EME stuff built and just a quick look over the slackbuild shows those options are not included.

You may try the suggestions for firefox.

Didier Spaier · 01-10-2017, 08:14 AM

Not sure that helps, but I'm used to copy URL's from Firefox, open a terminal, and paste the link with a middle click as argument of a wget command. But I am not a Seamonkey user and do not use it's mail feature.

elcore · 01-10-2017, 08:58 AM

Works here, tried to download a jpeg from random site and it saved in ~/Downloads/image.jpeg

seamonkey-2.46-x86_64-1_slack14.2 package, ext2 filesystem, clean profile.

chemfire · 01-14-2017, 07:08 AM

Well I don't know how to feel. I had been trying to be scientific about this and work through the problem. After pounding my head against the keyboard everytime I worked on it for days and not getting anywhere, it works. I was just doing some other browsing and absent mindly clicked a download link and everything worked perfect.....