Public bug reported: Hello!
I'm the author of the Firefox extension "It's All Text!". This extension launches a local editor (like emacs or gvim) with the contents of a textarea to make editing web pages (wikis, etc.) easier. I have discovered a bug in Ubuntu's firefox: https://github.com/docwhat/itsalltext/issues/18 It appears that the nsIProcess run*() methods fail for *some* binaries. In the issue I referenced above, the user was able to use /usr/bin/gedit but not /usr/bin/sublime-text-2. It would fail to launch and return an exit code 1. The user was nice enough to let me screen share with him and we tried runwAsync() (the default), runAsync(), and run() to launch the editor but it failed in all cases. We then downloaded Firefox from the official site (both the Ubuntu one and the official one were 7.0.1) and nsIProcess then worked. I am unable to figure out: * How /usr/bin/gedit and /usr/bin/sublime-text-2 differ that one fails and one succeeds. * How the Ubuntu Firefox and the Official Firefox differ. I haven't a clue about what's going on here. I am unable to reproduce this problem in my VM. I'll ask the user to subscribe to this bug in case you want to ask him additional questions. Ciao! ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/882125 Title: nsIProcess doesn't work for some executables To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/882125/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
