[UPDATE] Firefox 4 strange dialogs

[Jim Byrnes]

Jim Byrnes wrote:
> Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
>>> On 05/02/2011 09:53 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>>> Alex wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Using Firefox 4.0.1 on Ubuntu 10.04. I'm seeing dialog boxes that
>>>>>> have no
>>>>>> title bar and no icon next to the text displayed. All I see is the
>>>>>> border
>>>>>> of the dialog with a grey background, the text message and any
>>>>>> OK,Cancel etc
>>>>>> buttons. This seems to happen with modal dialogs but non-modal ones
>>>>>> seem to
>>>>>> display as expected.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> An example would be the dialog Yahoo mail pops up when you delete
>>>>>> the last
>>>>>> message from the spam folder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is anyone else seeing this and know of a fix?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards, Jim
>>>>>
>>>>> Like this? http://puu.sh/1Qd3
>>>>
>>>> Yes.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's how those dialogs are supposed to look in Firefox 4.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That seems strange in light of what NoOp said in his reply to me.
>>>>
>>>> NoOp: I can post a screenshot if needed but this is exactly what I am
>>>> seeing.
>>>
>>> Not seeing that at all. Perhaps an add-on issue? How did you install FF
>>> 4.0.1? I simply extracted to a home folder and run it from there. You
>>> might also try a different user profile to see if it is something in
>>> your profile causing the issue.
>>>
>>
>> I installed and run it exactly like you describe. Created a clean test
>> profile and there is no change in how they look. The only pulgins (other
>> than the defaults) are Adobe and flash.
>>
>> As a test I tried the Firefox version that comes with 10.04 and that
>> displayed them as it should.
>>
>> Regards, Jim
>>
>
> I goolged before I posted but must not have hit upon the magic
> incarnation because I found nothing useful. I just tried again and found
> this link: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/784856
>
> Seems 20+ other people have the problem. I subscribed to it and if
> notified of a fix will post it here.
>
> Regards, Jim

Still no notification about this but I have been playing with it some 
more.  I have installed Firefox 4 on the following systems:

Ubuntu 10.04
Ubuntu 10.10 in Vbox on 10.04
Ubuntu 11.04 in Vbox on 10.04 system default version
Ubuntu 11.04 on a laptop system default version
XP native install

all of them display as shown at http://puu.sh/1Qd3.

If I look at the error console right after startup I see a variation of 
this message on all systems: Could not read chrome manifest file 
'/home/jfb/firefox/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}/chrome.manifest' 


There is no chrome manifest file at that location.

Maybe a clue?  It would be interesting if someone that sees a correct 
dialog and someone who does not could indicate if they are getting the 
same error message.

Thanks,  Jim