Firefox problems after SP1 update for NPM 10

michael248363

I've run into a strange issue and am wondering if anybody has any ideas on where to look next.  After installing SP1 for NPM 10, Firefox is unable to list the resources for any node using Firefox (v3.6.6).  When attempting to do it, it shows the following:
Please wait while resources are being discovered...
Interfaces discovered: 2
Volumes discovered: 0

The number of interfaces discovered is always the first number it comes up with when it starts the discovery, but once it shows that number it doesn't change.  The window tab shows that it is doing something and it says "Waiting for localhost..." in the status bar at the bottom.  I have also found the following connections that are open:

C:\>netstat -a | grep -i localhost
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:1186   localhost:1187         ESTABLISHED
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:1187   localhost:1186         ESTABLISHED
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:1207   localhost:1208         ESTABLISHED
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:1208   localhost:1207         ESTABLISHED
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:1230   localhost:1235         ESTABLISHED
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:1235   localhost:1230         ESTABLISHED
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:1278   localhost:17779        FIN_WAIT_2
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:1322   localhost:17779        FIN_WAIT_2
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:1323   localhost:17779        FIN_WAIT_2
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:1328   localhost:17779        FIN_WAIT_2
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:1329   localhost:17779        ESTABLISHED
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:5152   localhost:1291         CLOSE_WAIT
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:17779  localhost:1278         CLOSE_WAIT
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:17779  localhost:1322         CLOSE_WAIT
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:17779  localhost:1323         CLOSE_WAIT
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:17779  localhost:1328         CLOSE_WAIT
  TCP    SSCL2DITA080CJC:17779  localhost:1329         ESTABLISHED

The number of connections on port 17779 increases each time I go to a different Orion web page.   I know Orion uses 17777 for communication between servers, so I don't think port 17779 is a coincidence.  I don't see this port being opened on any other machine when I connect to Orion.  Using Internet Explorer from the same PC works fine, as well as using Firefox from a different PC.  If I log onto an NPM v9.5 SP4 web page, with the same installation of Firefox that has a problem in NPM 10 SP1, I don't have any problems.

I have completely uninstalled Firefox (uninstall process then manually deleting directories & registry keys) and re-installed, but it still has the same behavior.

Does anybody have any ideas on where to look next?

Thanks,

Michael D. Jones

bshopp

What version does FF on the other PC have?  I believe this port it typically used by the Engineers Toolset integration, if you go into your account and disable this in Orion, does this issue go away?