I have the same bug in version 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 after upgrade from Natty's version. Workarround from revision 116 was removed in revision 118. Search engines returns back if I do manually:
rmdir /usr/lib/firefox-7.0.1/distribution ln -s /usr/lib/firefox-addons/distribution /usr/lib/firefox-7.0.1/distribution -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/859459 Title: Search Plugins missing after recent upgrade Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: After a recent upgrade all the search plugins, apart from Ask.com, are missing from Firefox. I can't figure out how to get them back now... ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: firefox 7.0+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: valorin 2102 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20110925184759 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf0900000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI' Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,17aa21de,00100100 HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000' Controls : 24 Simple ctrls : 11 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 8GHT22WW-1.040000' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 8GHT22WW-1.040000' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Channel: release Date: Mon Sep 26 17:50:09 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110812) IpRoute: default via 10.1.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static 10.1.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 10.1.1.9 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0/20110925184759 (Running) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-13 (44 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 06/07/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 8GET33WW (1.10 ) dmi.board.name: 7859CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8GET33WW(1.10):bd06/07/2011:svnLENOVO:pn7859CTO:pvrThinkPadL520:rvnLENOVO:rn7859CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 7859CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad L520 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/859459/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

