Bug#569795: iceweasel: Search field doesn't work anymore

[Mike Hommey]

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 12:16:22PM +0100, Simon Chopin wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 3.5.6-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Since yesterday, I have experienced some troubles with the search engine field. At first, the Google research simply
> didn't launch when I hit the Enter key (it wasn't at startup, the application was launched since a pretty long time).
> I restarted Iceweasel, and then not only I wasn't able to launch any search request through that, but Google search wasn't
> available in the list of search engine, and was replaced by Yahoo.
> 
> I eventually upgraded iceweasel and got Google Search back, but I still wasn't able to launch any search with any search engine.

Can you check if the Error Console, available in the Tools menu show you
some error message after you try to use the search box ?

Can you also check how it works in a safe-mode session (run
iceweasel -safe-mode) ?

Mike