John, You are right! I should have tried with a new profile. I'm surprised why I didn't try it earlier :(.
With the erroneous profile though, when I ran FF with -jsconsole command line option, following is the output: On errors tab, here are all the listed errors: ======================================================= Error: Chromebug command line top level Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/ chromebug_command_line.js Line: 176 Error: FYI: Chromebug started jsd engine; JIT will be disabled Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 93 Error: errorHook: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.clearUserPref]" nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://dotnetassistant/content/bootstrap.js :: BootStrapDotNetAsssitantExtension :: line 52" data: [email protected] Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.clearUserPref]" nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://dotnetassistant/content/bootstrap.js :: BootStrapDotNetAsssitantExtension :: line 52" data: no] Error: errorHook: json.pa...@file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ ft2ah03o.default/extensions/[email protected]/modules/ storageService.js.191 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: this.getBreakpointStore() is undefi...@file:///C:/ Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/Application%20Data/Mozilla/ Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/extensions/ [email protected]/modules/firebug-service.js.2706 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: this.getBreakpointStore() is undefined Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/modules/firebug-service.js Line: 2706 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ insideOutBox.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: TypeError: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/ content/insideOutBox.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: FBL.ns is not a function Source File: chrome://firebug/content/insideOutBox.js Line: 3 Error: errorHook: $ is not defi...@chrome://firebug/content/firebug.js. 33 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: ReferenceError: $ is not defi...@chrome://firebug/ content/firebug.js.33 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: $ is not defined Source File: chrome://firebug/content/firebug.js Line: 33 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ sourceFile.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ sourceBox.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ tabWatcher.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ activation.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ sourceCache.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ tabContext.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ tabCache.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ lib/htmlLib.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ reps.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ tableRep.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ editor.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ infotip.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ commandLine.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ commandLinePreview.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ search.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ inspector.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ plugin.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ jsonViewer.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ xmlViewer.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.ns is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/ svgViewer.js.3 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: Firebug is n...@chrome://firebug/content/chrome.js. 110 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.getStackDump is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/ content/chrome.js.70 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: FBL.getAncestorByClass is not a funct...@chrome:// firebug/content/bindings.xml.430 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: FBL.getAncestorByClass is not a function Source File: chrome://firebug/content/bindings.xml Line: 430 Error: FBL.$STR is not a function Source File: chrome://firebug/content/bindings.xml Line: 1277 Error: errorHook: TypeError: FBL.getAncestorByClass is not a funct...@chrome://firebug/content/bindings.xml.430 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 Error: errorHook: this._initialState.windows[0] is undefi...@file:/// C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/components/nsSessionStore.js.281 Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 276 ======================================================================== On messages tab, there are three messages: firebug-service restoreBreakpoints FAILS [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIJSON.decode]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/modules/storageService.js :: anonymous :: line 191" data: no] firebug-service restoreBreakpoints FAILS [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIJSON.decode]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/modules/storageService.js :: anonymous :: line 191" data: no] SessionStore: The session file is invalid: TypeError: this._initialState.windows[0] is undefined ========================================================================= On warnings tab, following are the warnings: Warning: assignment to undeclared variable lastWindowScope Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/<my user name>/ Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ft2ah03o.default/ extensions/[email protected]/components/chromebug-startup- observer.js Line: 475 Warning: Expected identifier for pseudo-class or pseudo-element but found ' '. Ruleset ignored due to bad selector. Source File: chrome://firebug/skin/firebug.css Line: 241 Warning: Expected declaration but found '/'. Skipped to next declaration. Source File: chrome://firebug/skin/debugger.css Line: 264 ======================================================== I can't follow exactly as to what was causing this error. I probably didn't mention it earlier, I'm running MS Windows XP Professional SP3 build 2600. -Jha On Oct 5, 8:40 am, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 4, 8:06 pm, Jha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have run into a very strange issue with Firebug. I don't really know > > what has changed. But to make myself clear, here is what I did and > > what happened: > > > 1. I had Firbug 1.7X.0a1 and Chromebug 1.7.0a1 installed and running > > absolutely fine. > > 2. I was designing one of the xul components for an extension that I > > am writing for my client. > > 3. The xul component was loaded into the FF browser and I could change > > the css/xul elements using Fbug. > > 4. After I loaded chrome://browser/content/browser.xul once, and > > restarted FF, Fbug and chromebug loaded but Fbug started showing menus > > in the following format: > > firebug.DetachFirebug > > firebug.ClearConsole > > firebug.menu.Enable All Panels > > firebug.menu.Disable All Panels > > On for all web pages > > firebug.menu.Clear Activation List > > This means Firebug cannot read the locale files or cannot apply them. > You may be able to debug this with FBTrace set to LOCALE and > INITIALIZATION. > > > > > 5. In the tools menu, it just shows, firebug.firebug. When I move my > > cursor on the menu, it dos not expand to show sub-menus. > > > So practically speaking, my fbug has stopped working. Nothing happens > > if I click on any of the menus or the bug icon at the bottom right > > corner of status bar. > > Or maybe the initialization fails altogether. > > > I uninstalled and reinstalled several times, in vain. > > > I removed all other extensions that I had and loaded just Fbug, no > > help. > > If you are really messed up, don't reinstall, it rarely works. > Instead, create a new Firefox profile to give yourself a clean start. > > I usually run with the firefox command line option "-jsconsole", I bet > you have error messages there. > > I guess something is interfering with Firebug initialization, so you > never get to a good state. > > jjb > > > I kept switching back to older versions and here's what I found: > > > 1. This problem persisted until Fbug 1.6X.0b1. > > 2. When I went back to Fbug 1.5.4, Fbug came back to life once again. > > but I also had to swicth back to Chromebug 1.5.0b8. And you know, > > 1.5.4 is way slower compared to >1.7 versions of both Fbug and > > chromebug. > > > I reset the values in about:config file as well just to make sure I > > don't leave anything trivial. But nothing seems to help. Has anyone > > seen this behavior? I am really stuck. > > > I also uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox 3.6.9 as well as 3.6.10, > > didn't help. > > I have not logged an issue onhttp://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/entry > > yet, because I'm not sure if this really is a bug or if I have messed > > up something really trivial. > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > Thanks, > > Jha -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
