Improper installation: two folders for a singular mod.

[DRKCTRLDEV]

After installing Sine (V2.2.1) on my Arch-based system (EndeavourOS, KDE Plasma 6.4.4, Wayland), I tried to add the mod context-menu-icons-for-Zen (V1.9.1.3). Once installed (and Enabled), I noticed that all the icons in my browser's context menu had vanished.

At first, I thought something was wrong with the mod itself. Looking closer at the installation, I found that:

• Two separate directories were created:
  • ~/.zen/.../chrome/sine-mods/context-menu-icons-for-zen – contains the mod files.
  • ~/.zen/.../chrome/sine-mods/context-menu-icons-for-zenicons – contains SVG icon files.

It seems the icons are supposed to end up in an icons subfolder inside the main mod directory, but instead, they're placed in a completely separate directory. I was able to fix the problem by manually moving the icons into the right spot.

For reference, this issue does not happen on Windows 11—installing the same mod with Sine there works perfectly, and the icons appear as expected.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install Sine V2.2.1 on EndeavourOS (Arch, KDE Plasma 6.4.4, Wayland).
2. Install context-menu-icons-for-Zen V1.9.1.3 using Sine.
3. Check The Browser's Icons.
4. See ~/.zen/.../chrome/sine-mods.

Expected Behavior

Context menu icons should appear as intended after installing the mod via Sine, with no manual file moving required.

Actual Behavior

• All context menu icons disappear.
• Icons are placed in a separate directory (context-menu-icons-for-zenicons) instead of inside the mod’s icons folder.
• Manual intervention is required to restore icon functionality.

System Information

• Sine Version: V2.2.1
• context-menu-icons-for-Zen Version: V1.9.1.3
• Zen Browser Version: V1.14.11b (Installed from AUR)
• OS: EndeavourOS (Arch Linux), KDE Plasma 6.4.4, Wayland

Additional Notes

• The problem only happens on Linux—Windows installs work fine.
• Looks like Sine’s mod installer is handling directories differently on Linux.

Workaround

Move the SVG icon files manually from /sine-mods/context-menu-icons-for-zenicons to the icons subfolder inside /sine-mods/context-menu-icons-for-zen.

screenshots

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lmk if you need logs etc, thanks

[DRKCTRLDEV]

Additionally, I shortly after tried installing the Nebula-Mod to find that I had errors in my browser-console,

Sine is active! sine.uc.mjs line 901 > srcScript:28:9
Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: can't access property "getMods", gZenMods is undefined
    _buildModsList chrome://browser/content/preferences/zen-settings.js:272
    init chrome://browser/content/preferences/zen-settings.js:29
    init chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.js:176
    initializeCategories chrome://browser/content/preferences/findInPage.js:116
    init chrome://browser/content/preferences/findInPage.js:65
zen-settings.js:272:18
Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: can't access property "handleSubcategory", categoryModule is undefined
    gotoPref chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.js:398
    init_all chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.js:239
    _fireOnSelect chrome://global/content/elements/richlistbox.js:328
    selectItem chrome://global/content/elements/richlistbox.js:459
    MozRichlistitem chrome://global/content/elements/richlistbox.js:903
preferences.js:398:7
XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: 
Line Number 34, Column 78:
about:preferences#sineMods : Unable to run script because scripts are blocked internally. 27
Uncaught (in promise) DOMException: An invalid or illegal string was specified
    loadPage chrome://userscripts/content/sine.uc.mjs line 901 > srcScript:1491
sine.uc.mjs line 901 > srcScript:1491
Uncaught (in promise) DOMException: Could not write to `/home/alfie/.zen/0o2b8n4j.Default (release)/chrome/JS/Nebula_Nebula.uc.js': failed to open file for writing (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED)
TypeError: NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource. uc_api.js line 901 > importedModule:61:106
TypeError: NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource. uc_api.js line 901 > importedModule:61:106
TypeError: NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource. uc_api.js line 901 > importedModule:61:106

[CosmoCreeper]

Wow, this is almost all the info i need right away, thank you so much.

Ill start with the Nebula issue first:

In the logs you provided it states an NS_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED error, meaning that it doesn't have permissions to the folder its trying to write to.

This is common with Linux if the auto-installer was run with sudo and will be permanently fixed in the auto-installer in the next update. For now, run this command:

sudo chown -R alfie:alfie ~/.zen/0o2b8n4j.Default (release)/chrome/

Finally, you can install Nebula.

Now on to the context menu mod:

I assume you already tried removing and reinstalling the mod, so the issue is probably noticeable in your mod's metadata.

To get it, go to your profile folder > chrome folder > sine-mods folder, then open your mods.json file and provide that, or if you just want to give the part i need, go to the context-menu-icons-for-Zen property and provide that object.

[DRKCTRLDEV]

sorry for the late reply, I’ve been busy packing for holiday. I believe this is the file you wanted to see.

mods.json

If I don't get back to you soon, thanks for the help — also, sudo chown -R alfie:alfie ~/.zen/0o2b8n4j.Default\ \(release\)/chrome/ did the trick. (I'm using bash so have to use backslashes in various places,)

[CosmoCreeper]

Okay, no worries. Im going to sleep now though so ill take a look at the file tomorrow and get back to you.

[CosmoCreeper]

File looks actual perfectly fine. After doing that permissions thing and removing and reinstalling context-menu-icons-for-zen, does it fix?

[DRKCTRLDEV]

Great, I’ll have to test it in a week or so as I’m currently away but the permission error seems like a reasonable candidate for the issues faced when installing certain mods.

[DRKCTRLDEV]

I've just tested installing the context-menu-icons-for-Zen mod with the corrected permissions (alfie read/write), but for some reason, it is still creating two directories.

For now, I suppose it can simply be moved over

(I switched to Gnome; however, that should be irrelevant. I just want to ensure you are aware of all the variables. 😄 )

[CosmoCreeper]

Hmm. Yeah, no idea what it could be besides Sine itself. Im working on a new update that reworks this logic so it should be fixed in that.

[DRKCTRLDEV]

Sounds good, thanks for the support mate..