Firefox Add-ons

[NoOp]

On 05/07/2010 05:21 PM, clintin at linuxmail.org wrote:
> I have had a problem with getting add-ons with Firefox 3.6.3 (current) 
> with the  add-on installation or update failing with a Download Error 
> -228 (download failed).   This is occuring on two computers where I 
> have installed the 10.04 Release candidate.  Process is as follows 1)  
> Find an add-on  2) Click on Install and wait for about 30 seconds or 
> so. 3) Click Install Now and wait again.  Installation times out and 
> fails with a -228 download error.
> 
> What is interesting is that I can go to a Windows machine, put the URL 
> in the browser and get an immediate download of the .xpi file which I 
> have been doing but then I have to copy the file over to the Ubuntu 
> system so that I can install it using open file.
> 
> Anybody else seeing this problem or know what is going on?  I do see a 
> lot of reports of the -228 download error in a Google search but none 
> really current.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

I seldom use Firefox (I use SeaMonkey instead), and when I do I use a
mozilla version rather then the "Ubuntu" version (both on Firefox and
SeaMonkey). However, when I test on the Ubuntu version, one of the first
add-on extensions that I uninstall is the 'Ubuntu Firefox Modifications'
extension. For the most part I seldom have issues afterwards.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubufox
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/+bugs