Yeah same as with Spofer, mine might have failed an update long ago. I don't remember either. But I do remember Firefox crashing a lot at one time. Even submitted a crash report: http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/cfa9243a-43fb-11dd-8f5a-001cc45a2c28 Can't remember what fixed it, I think it was an extension that caused it.
I saved the profile back then so it's even older than I thought. Now that I found the bug report, I see that it's from 2008 with FF 3.0, but some files in my profile show it installed 1.9.2. Which was probably somewhere in 2005, as the oldest files in the profile directory are also from 2005. So pretty much the same old age as with Spofer's install, seems like it happens only on these old installs that get updated over time. If the files should have been deleted with an update, then it obviously failed. I'm wondering when the usage of this last-update.log file was added to Firefox, if it didn't use the file in old installs maybe it just didn't create one either after the update when Firefox started using this logfile. Maybe I'm thinking too much in PHP style programming though, where you can't write to a file that doesn't exist. If you don't check and create it first, it'll just throw an error. On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Spofer <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, it might've failed a long time ago - I can't remember any > updates failures lately... > > On Mar 17, 2:08 am, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's possible that the reason you can't find this file is related to > > the reason you had the bogus inspector.dll ... the some update failed > > before completing these steps? > > > > jjb > > > > On Mar 16, 4:49 pm, Mav <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I looked in these two directories: > > > C:\Documents and Settings\Mav\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\ > > > C:\Documents and Settings\Mav\Local Settings\Application > > > Data\Mozilla\Firefox\ > > > but found no update directory in there, nor the last-update.log file. > > > > > I also did a search for the file but the only last-update.log it found > was > > > from Thunderbird. So I'm pretty sure it's just not there at all. Would > the > > > fresh 3.6 install remove this file? Unfortunately I don't have an old > > > back-up of the "Local Settings" directories, i usually skip them and > only > > > back-up some of the "Aplication Data" directories. > > > > > @spofer, it's not in the program files directory. I think it should > actually > > > be in this directory, if it's exactly the same as were Thunderbird > stores > > > the file: > > > C:\Documents and Settings\ <windowsusername> \Local > Settings\Application > > > Data\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\updates\last-update.log > > > > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:18 AM, John J Barton < > [email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > The following request came from mozilla devs concerning this issue: > > > > > > If you can get the user's last-update.log it will show whether or not > > > > the update found / failed to remove these files. The last-update.log > > > > is in the users profile in the local appdata directory (e.g. > > > > %LOCALAPPDATA% on Vista and above) under Mozilla\Firefox\<install > > > > directory name which is typically 'Mozilla Firefox'>\updates > > > > > > If you can post this file to the bug I will forward it. > > > > > >http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=2929 > > > > > > jjb > > > > > > On Mar 16, 3:56 pm, Mav <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Great to hear the source of the problem has been found. If I'm not > > > > > mistaken those inspector files were from the DOM inspector that > came > > > > > as an option with older versions of Firefox? I noticed from the > > > > > logfiles I installed my "bugged" Firefox in 2008 with version > 1.9.2. > > > > > Was about time for a fresh install anyway hehe. > > > > > > > On Mar 16, 10:18 pm, Spofer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I've just upgraded some versions and the following happened: > > > > > > - Upgraded to Firefox 3.6 still using the Firebug 1.5.2 - And > Firebug > > > > > > was back! Working normally from my dull testing. > > > > > > - Then I've upgraded to Firebug 1.5.3 + Java console 6.0.02.03 - > > > > > > Firebug died again. > > > > > > - Renamed the inspector files - And now Firebug is working > perfectly! > > > > > > > > I don't know what are these files, or what did I just do - But it > > > > > > works! They are old though - Dated to 2005 in my installation. > > > > > > > > Anyway - Back to normal! Thanks a lot John & Testers!! > > > > > > Spofer > > > > > > > > On Mar 16, 10:50 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Mar 16, 6:06 am, Mav <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Done:http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=2929 > > > > > > > > > > I had archived it in two parts to keep it under the 10MB > limit, but > > > > I > > > > > > > > couldn't attach the files. Also tried to add them in a > comment but > > > > I > > > > > > > > keep getting the same Bad Request error. Seems like it logs > me out > > > > of > > > > > > > > my google account before the upload can complete (gmail > manager > > > > > > > > maybe?). So I've added a rapidshare link to the bug report > instead. > > > > > > > > > Ok I have tracked down the problem in Mav's case: three old > files in > > > > > > > Mozilla Firefox/components directory called > > > > > > > inspector.dll > > > > > > > inspector.xpt > > > > > > > inspector-cmdLine.js > > > > > > > If these are deleted, Firebug will work. > > > > > > > > > jjb > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > > "Firebug" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<firebug%[email protected]> > <firebug%[email protected]<firebug%[email protected]> > > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Firebug" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<firebug%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. 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