Bug#561983: iceape: ignores preferences in the /etc/iceape/prefs/base.js file

[markhobley at yahoo.co.uk]

Package: iceape-browser
Version: 1.1.17-2
Severity: normal

I am using Debian (squeeze/testing). I have installed the iceape browser and
composer suite. I have configured preferences in /etc/iceape/prefs/base.js as
follows:

// Disable java
lockPref("security.enable_java", false);

// Get rid of plugin warning dialog
lockPref("plugin.default_plugin_disabled", false);

// Disable addons
lockPref("xpinstall.enabled", false);

// Proxy server settings
lockPref("network.proxy.backup.ftp", "test.markhobley.yi.org");
lockPref("network.proxy.backup.ftp_port", 9999);
lockPref("network.proxy.backup.gopher", "test.markhobley.yi.org");
lockPref("network.proxy.backup.gopher_port", 9999);
lockPref("network.proxy.backup.socks", "test.markhobley.yi.org");
lockPref("network.proxy.backup.socks_port", 9999);
lockPref("network.proxy.backup.ssl", "test.markhobley.yi.org");
lockPref("network.proxy.backup.ssl_port", 9999);
lockPref("network.proxy.ftp", "test.markhobley.yi.org");
lockPref("network.proxy.ftp_port", 9999);
lockPref("network.proxy.gopher", "test.markhobley.yi.org");
lockPref("network.proxy.gopher_port", 9999);
lockPref("network.proxy.http", "test.markhobley.yi.org");
lockPref("network.proxy.http_port", 9999);
lockPref("network.proxy.no_proxies_on", "localhost, markhobley.yi.org, 127.0.0.1
, 10.0.0.0/8, 192.168.0.0/8");
lockPref("network.proxy.share_proxy_settings", true);
lockPref("network.proxy.socks", "test.markhobley.yi.org");
lockPref("network.proxy.socks_port", 9999);
lockPref("network.proxy.ssl", "test.markhobley.yi.org");
lockPref("network.proxy.ssl_port", 9999);
lockPref("network.proxy.type", 1);


When I run the browser, none of the above settings seem to have taken effect
and when I use the about:config facility to view the browser settings, the
preferences all appear to be at default values (ie my settings have been
ignored.)

Mark.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (60, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i486)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-486
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages iceape-browser depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.28.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                  2.10.2-2          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2              1.8.8-2           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1         2.6.0-4           generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.11-1          FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3.2-1.1       GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.22.3-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.18.3-1          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libhunspell-1.2-0      1.2.8-5           spell checker and morphological an
ii  libjpeg62              6b-15             The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libnspr4-0d            4.8.2-1           NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-1d             3.12.4-1          Network Security Service libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.26.1-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.41-1          PNG library - runtime
ii  libstdc++6             4.3.2-1.1         The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6               2:1.2.2-1         X11 client-side library
ii  libxft2                2.1.14-1          FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxinerama1           2:1.0.3-2         X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.5-1         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6                 1:1.0.7-1         X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages iceape-browser recommends:
ii  iceape-gnome-support          1.1.17-2   GNOME support for the Iceape Inter

Versions of packages iceape-browser suggests:
pn  iceape-dom-insp <none>                   (no description available)
pn  iceape-mailnews <none>                   (no description available)
ii  latex-xft-fonts 0.1-8                    Xft-compatible versions of some La
ii  libkrb53        1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-5lenny1 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries

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