Bug#405585: iceape fails to save preferences for "general.skins.selectedSkin"

[Mike Hommey]

tag 405585 unreproducible
thanks

On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 07:49:15PM +0100, Frank Sauer <fsauer at stud.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote:
> Package: iceape
> Version: 1.0.7-1
> 
> iceape 1.0.7-1 fails to save preferences for skin selection.
> 
> after skin selection, about:config will show a proper entry
> along the lines of my selection in the preferences window. after
> one restart the changes do take effect and the selected theme is
> used - but the line is gone. so when closing iceape and starting it
> once more, the "general.skins.selectedSkin" entry in prefs.js will still
> be gone and iceape will thus fall back using the "modern" theme every
> single time.
> 
> this behavior is reproducible. unfortunately, i am not able to provide
> any information on the behavior of the upstream version of seamonkey.
> 
> i wish to use the GrayModern theme which i install via iceape's
> software installation function and which i get from here:
> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3594/

This theme is for Firefox, and doesn't support Seamonkey. I don't even
know how you got it vaguely installed, it doesn't actually install
anything, and doesn't show up in the themes list.

On my hand, I installed the orbit theme designed for Seamonkey[1], which
just installed fine, shows up in the themes list and, when selected,
doesn't set the general.skins.selectedSkin preference, neither
restarting iceape (which brings the correct skin) does. And restarting
iceape again doesn't return to modern.

But maybe old preferences from your mozilla profile may have some
influence on the behaviour you observed. Does it do the same if you
move the ~/.mozilla directory away ?

Mike

1. http://miksworld.de/orbit.html