Can you check event viewer/firefox error console to check if XPI has been installed correctly?
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Al B. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Angrez, > > I tried the steps in your July 8 post, using the XPI for Windows that > you posted on July 3, and got the following results when I tried to > run Firewatir: > > C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > firefox.rb:271:in `set_defaults': Unable to connect to machine : > 127.0.0.1 on port 9997. Make sure > that JSSh is properly installed and Firefox is running with '-jssh' > option (Watir::Exception::UnableToStartJSShException) > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/ > firewatir/firefox.rb:161:in `initialize' > from benchmark.rb:11:in `new' > from benchmark.rb:11 > > Also, I couldn't telnet to port 9997. I don't have a development > environment with which to build Firefox, so I'm stuck. > > Please help! > > Thanks, > > Al B. > > > > On Jul 8, 2:05 pm, Angrez Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > The think is this the XPI that is generated can be installed only on > Firefox > > 1.x as the format in which it is generated works only on that version. > From > > version 2.x the format of the XPI has changed. You can try the following > > solution: > > > > 1. Unpack the XPI that works with Firefox 3.0.x and the newly created XPI > > for Firefox 3.5 > > 2. Make sure the structure i.e. folder structure is same as that for > 3.0.x > > XPI > > 3. Copy install.rdf file from 3.0.x XPI to 3.5 XPI. Open the file and > change > > the max version to 3.5+ > > 4. Zip the 3.5.x folder > > 5. Rename it to .xpi > > > > Let me know if that works. > > > > - Angrez > > > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Felipe Knorr Kuhn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello Angrez, > > > > > What are these tweaks you mentioned? > > > > > I have successfully compiled Firefox but like you said, I can't use the > > > generated XPI :) > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > FK > > > > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:01 AM, Angrez Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> You need to build Firefox with the JSSh extension enabled. To create > the > > >> XPI go to JSSh directory and say "make xpi" that will generate the > XPI. The > > >> only problem with the generated XPI is that its format is compatible > with > > >> only Firefox 1.5.x versions. We need to tweak the XPI (nothing but a > zip > > >> file) a bit. Let me know if you need any help while compiling Firefox > code. > > > > >> Thanks, > > >> Angrez > > > > >> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Felipe Knorr Kuhn <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > >>> Hello Angrez, > > > > >>> To build the XPI, do you have to go through the whole Firefox > building > > >>> process? > > > > >>> I've seen guides to build Firefox+JSSh, but I don't know if it > creates > > >>> the extension file separately or not :) > > > > >>> I could try to build it for Linux. > > > > >>> FK > > > > >>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Angrez Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >>>> Sure let me know where it fails > > > > >>>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Gonza <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >>>>> Works fine! After testing it for a while I can tell you It works! > I've > > >>>>> several TCs, if any fails because jssh, I'll let you know. > > > > >>>>> Thanks, > > > > >>>>> Gonza- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
