[Bug 299393] [NEW] Firefox crashes when trying to enter an address and on startup, too

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

First assert(when inserting an address and pressing Enter):

ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
Stack Trace: 
0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
1:()
2:()
3:()
4:epsGetAttr([object Object],alias)
5:()
6:SRCH_SVC_getEngineByAlias(http://pastebin.be/14918)
7:getEngineByAlias(http://pastebin.be/14918)
8:getShortcutOrURI(http://pastebin.be/14918,[object Object])
9:canonizeUrl([object MouseEvent],[object Object])
10:handleURLBarCommand([object MouseEvent])
11:onclick([object MouseEvent])

Second assert(opening a page from the URL history):

ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
Stack Trace: 
0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
1:()
2:()
3:()
4:epsGetAttr([object Object],alias)
5:()
6:SRCH_SVC_getEngineByAlias(http://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox)
7:getEngineByAlias(http://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox)
8:getShortcutOrURI(http://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox,[object Object])
9:canonizeUrl([object KeyboardEvent],[object Object])
10:handleURLBarCommand([object KeyboardEvent])
11:anonymous(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
12:fireEvent(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
13:onTextEntered()
14:handleEnter(false)
15:onKeyPress([object KeyboardEvent])
16:onxblkeypress([object KeyboardEvent])

Third assert(opening Firefox):

ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
Stack Trace: 
0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
1:()
2:()
3:()
4:epsGetAttr([object Object],hidden)
5:()
6:()
7:currentEngine()
8:get_currentEngine()
9:updateDisplay()
10:init()
11:([object XULElement],11)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 18 11:22:26 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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Firefox crashes when trying to enter an address and on startup, too
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