Bug#385530: epiphany-browser: "Download Link"/"Save link as" always fails

[Mourad De Clerck]

Package: epiphany-browser
Version: 2.14.3-1
Severity: normal

This is not a new bug, I had it in the 2.12 days too I believe (I didn't bother
to report it back then because I found a workaround and a new major release was
imminent)

Anyway, it seems like the epiphany's disk cache can be wedged in a state where
normal browsing still functions normally, but explicitly downloading something 
just shows the download dialog, with the download in question marked as 
"Failed". Any download will fail. If I remember correctly, each instance where 
I started experiencing this bug was after I had a failed or corrupted download;
for instance after running out of disk space in the middle of a download.

The workaround I use when this happens is to move the 
~/.gnome2/epiphany/mozilla/epiphany/Cache directory out of the way.

Thanks,

-- Mourad DC

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-k7
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages epiphany-browser depends on:
ii  dbus                       0.62-4        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2                     2.14.0-4      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme           2.14.2-2      GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  iso-codes                  0.53-1        ISO language, territory, currency 
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.17-1      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.12.1-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0              0.2.6-6       Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libavahi-client3           0.6.13-1      Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3           0.6.13-1      Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib1             0.6.13-1      Avahi glib integration library
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.14.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0             2.14.0-4      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                      2.3.6.ds1-4   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.2.4-1       The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-2                0.62-4        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.62-4        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libesd-alsa0 [libesd0]     0.2.36-3      Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - 
ii  libfontconfig1             2.3.2-7       generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6               2.2.1-2       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                    1:4.1.1-11    GCC support library
ii  libgconf2-4                2.14.0-4      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11                1.2.2-3       LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.6.0-2     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.10.3-3      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2         2.14.3-1      Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0          0.4.9-1       GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0                2.14.1-3      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.14.0-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint2.2-0         2.12.1-6      The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprintui2.2-0       2.12.1-4      GNOME 2.2 print architecture User 
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.14.1-2      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             2.14.2-1      GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgnutls13                1.4.2-1       the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error0              1.2-1         library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.8.20-1      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                    1:1.0.0-3     X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                  6b-13         The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libmozjs0d                 1.8.0.5-3     The Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScrip
ii  libnspr4-0d                1.8.0.5-3     NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.0-2    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.12.3-2      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0                 1.2.8rel-5.2  PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0                   1.10-3        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                     1:1.0.1-2     X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.8-1         library for program launch feedbac
ii  libstdc++6                 4.1.1-11      The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtasn1-3                 0.3.5-2       Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.0-8     X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                1.1.7-3       X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                   1:1.0.1-2     X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                 1:3.0.1.2-4   X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                     1:1.0.1-3     X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1               1:1.0.1-4.1   X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.26.dfsg-3 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.1.0.2-4   X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                1:0.9.0.2-4   X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxslt1.1                 1.1.17-4      XSLT processing library - runtime 
ii  libxul0d                   1.8.0.5-3     Gecko engine library
ii  python2.3                  2.3.5-15      An interactive high-level object-o
ii  zlib1g                     1:1.2.3-13    compression library - runtime

Versions of packages epiphany-browser recommends:
ii  epiphany-extensions           2.14.1.1-1 Extensions for Epiphany web browse
ii  yelp                          2.14.3-1   Help browser for GNOME 2

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