[Bug 573404] Re: Firefox is unable to download add-ons (download error -228)

2010-05-11 Thread HabsFanInOz
Disabling IPv6 in Firefox via about:config didn't work for me either, but carrying out the modifications to /etc/sysctl.conf described above DID work. Thank you! Can anyone explain what this does and why it works? -- Firefox is unable to download add-ons (download error -228) https://bugs.launc

[Bug 573404] Re: Firefox is unable to download add-ons (download error -228)

2010-05-08 Thread HabsFanInOz
As far as I'm aware, there's no special firewall setup on my machine. It's a dual boot machine - one disk with XP, the other with Lucid 10.04. My installation of 10.04 is stock-standard - I haven't tweaked any special settings, and neither did I do so when I had 8.04 LTS running (it worked fine!).

[Bug 573404] Re: unable to download addons - example:adblock+

2010-05-08 Thread HabsFanInOz
I just checked, and xpinstall.enabled is indeed set to true. Another (possibly related?) bug: when trying to install an addon, the bar with the message "Firefox prevented this site (addons.mozilla.org) from asking you to install software on your computer", appears at the top of the page, as it sho

[Bug 573404] Re: unable to download addons - example:adblock+

2010-05-07 Thread HabsFanInOz
I'm running Lucid 10.04 LTS on an old Pentium IV, 2.4GHz machine with an Nvidia GeForce Ti 4200 card. I started experiencing this problem with 10.04beta - but not right away - and also after a fresh install of 10.04 after it was officially released. In 10.04beta, I was initially able to install ad