LINKS to resources*

I should have specificed

links to resources

now that I have mastered the black magic of fake certs I can do anything on the SecureWeb(tm)

free certs

free

..

free fake certs

what free certs

frg_Away the actual message is: Your SeaMonkey profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible.

I have given it: --profile /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/ AND -P /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/profiles.ini (It has been running well for years, [puppy linux is root user])

if I am not able to get it going: is there a way to access the ".jsonlz4" bookmark backups? eg: /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/otlouo9v.default/bookmarkbackups/bookmarks-2023-09-28_31_5BCbNNNuC4B7WdNnQzLmHg==.jsonlz4

my seamonkey fails to start, the actual message is: Your SeaMonkey profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible.

I have given it: --profile /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/ AND -P /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/profiles.ini (It has been running well for years, [puppy linux is root user])

what is the name of the config file and where does seamonkey look for it?

the profiles.ini sprunge.us/1Bvf5l

can anybody suggest where I might get some assistance with my problem of getting seamonkey to run?

next on the agenda, libvpx. kind of gets old, no.

see, if they used system libraries, you could simply update libvpx itself instead of needing to update the entire browser ;-).

next coffin nail for SeaMonkey - today live.com stopped working with SeaMonkey and hangs after the login prompt

guest_: looks like i set up an outlook.com account back in 2018, & just logged in, successfully.

i have a handful of messages 2018 .. 2023 that display.

haven't actually looked at them, nor have i tried any other "features", but log in was successfully, & i do see i do have messages.

i'm on SeaMonkey/2.53.18 Build identifier: 20230917210002, if that might make a difference?

tomman: thanks for that link on webp. i bet that exploit, or similar, is also what led to the libvpx issue.

tried it with 2.53.18 Build 20230923120000 - it hangs while displaying the animated envelope.

SyntaxError: bad method definition .../scripts/owa.mailindex.js

heh. in FF, i typed in, about:config, jxl, & set it to true. then, i think to other (jxl) prefs came up, but i'm totally floored by the UI?

in any case, seemingly will only work on Nightly (where i have esr)

for ripspin: kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_cannot_be_loaded

ripspin I had problem heere as non root but root should be able to access it. Maybe start with -profileManager and see if you can create a new test profile.

something weird just happened... threw in 2.53.16, opened it, checked for updates update said there was an update available dismissed the dialog & quit. then, i tried to load SeaMonkey again (at least i think i did), but "nothing" happened. checked, & there was no task, so not sure if i did or didn't. so tried again... this time it says VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing, & looking, it surely is...

...- along with xul.dll ?

i unpacked the .exe installer (as i always do) to get "SeaMonkey", & then ran seamonkey.exe -profile PROFILE (so bypassing Profile Manager...)

i see update.mar did download, so ?

when i say i checked for updates ... & dismissed, i didn't dismiss, immediately - the dialog had remained open for some time & presumably during that time SeaMonkey automatically downloaded the .mar

i'm waiting presently to see if it does the same again...

ah, OK, active-update.xml & /updates/ so the .mar is there now...

click 'X' on the update dialog (vcruntime & xul still there)... Quit (vcruntime & xul still there)

aha!

tried to restart, & with that "nothing" happened, but vcruntime (both of them) & xul.dll are now missing

so now, if i try to (again) start SeaMonkey, i'll get the vcruntime error message :-)

sure enough.

now, the question - why did that happen like that?

anew.

install. open. check. dismiss the Check dialog, immediately. keep SM open & wait for .mar to turn up...

oh, are *automatic* updates working? or will something only happen on a Check? (cause so far, active-update.xml has not turned up)

oops wrong! i was looking at the parent directory, so say nothing. but it is there, so...

Quit... same thing. vcruntime & xul.dll are gone on an attempt open.

so specifically keeping the Check for updates dialog open had no bearing on the matter.

so now the question is, why is that actual update failing (on my end at least, from 2.53.16 release to 2.53.17.1, per the .mar)

therube libvpx issue is in the encoder. Will backport it but should not affect SeaMonkey becuase webrtc is offcially not supported.

update from 2.53.17 to 2.53.17.1 looks to be failing in the same way, vcruntimes & xul get deleted - at least the way i've gone about things.

therube did a quick test two days ago and was ok. Anyway just using the full installer is safer anyway.

it wouldn't be because i "unzip'd" the .exe installer, as there should be no difference between that a ZIP download (& update)

in the borked "install", in addition to the missing files, there are; api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll, msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll & msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll that are not in (WG9s version... maybe that is expected ? not sure ?)

If you are running an av check if the files got swallowed.

frg_Away: no.

i'll try an actual install of .16 installer (sandboxed), & see what happens with that, but will have to wait till tomorrow (or so)

frg_Away:

FINISH ADD xul.dll

backup_restore: backup file doesn't exist: xul.dll.moz-backup

FINISH ADD vcruntime140_1.dll

backup_restore: backup file doesn't exist: vcruntime140_1.dll.moz-backup

...

failed: 7

calling QuitProgressUI

now, maybe it is my end, i don't "install", i don't "install" (unpack) to any "typical" location, & don't use Profiles that are in "typical" locations. i'm atypical :-)

i know, with earlier versions, where i simply copy my "local" install into someone else's computer, that they have successfully auto-updated - in the past (don't know about current, as i "pushed" my update to them, so any auto-update was bypassed)

therube I removed from unused stuff from the installer but there were not any functional changes I am aware of.

gotta run...