solarian Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 (edited) Hi!, since I remember I'm having one particular problem with Firefox (on Linux). Till now I had thought that it's just glitchy software itself, but now some other people who also use Linux have told me, that they have no such problem. And it is: from time to time Firefox just doesn't render a page, particulary if it's a .php page, even more particulary if it has some argument behind it (.php?456346#). In such cases I see the correct url in the address bar, but the page either has stayed the same from which I clicked, or it's completely blank. In such cases I click on that link and refresh for a dozen of times till it finally loads, or if I get very frustrated, I launch Opera or Galeon which show no such behaviour. Then use Opera, somebody will probalbly say, and I would agree if not for particluar extensions. Firefox usually loads the page if it's freshly restarted. Edited January 5, 2006 by solarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 (edited) Darn, it just happened again, see the screenshot, pay attention to the address bar. It should have rendered this page after I had clicked (post new topic), the correct url loaded, but the page stayed the same in which I wrote this post: link to jpg Edited January 5, 2006 by solarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Did you do any of the Firefox 'tuining' in the make firefox faster thread? This might be some prob with pre-rendering (or not) or some overly agressive caching? Have you tried starting from a 'clean' firefox install.... I honestly have no probs anymore though I kept with Opera for a long time because early firefox was so slow in comparison but since 1.0 (when your probelms started) its worked fine... Try moving the .mozilla directory and then deinstall and reinstall? Then add the plug-ins slowly ... perhaps its also a plug-in you are using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Did you do any of the Firefox 'tuining' in the make firefox faster thread?This might be some prob with pre-rendering (or not) or some overly agressive caching? No, no tuning. How do I check about that caching? Have you tried starting from a 'clean' firefox install.... Yes, I've tried a clean install and a clean (new) user dir, maybe I should do it again... Try moving the .mozilla directory and then deinstall and reinstall? The whole dir? Ok, I'll try sometime tomorrow, I'll report on how it goes. Then add the plug-ins slowly ... perhaps its also a plug-in you are using? Hmm.. unlikely, all pretty standart stuff everyone's using. Adblock, Spellbound, Deepest Sender. p.s. I think it looks as some serious caching issues, but I have no idea from where that originates. :/ Any more ideas anyone before I delete my .mozilla dir? p.p.s. I'm using the .tar version atm. But I've also tried mdk .rpm's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 For my part, I have begun to use Mandriva rpm's whenever possible. I use kde. It seems like the specialization from Mandriva might affect aspects of other programs, but I have no problems as long as I tilize their rpms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I have the same problem with mdv Firefox rpm, so it's not an issue here. I just deleted the .mozilla folder, will monitor how things work from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilia_kr Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Hi!, since I remember I'm having one particular problem with Firefox (on Linux). Till now I had thought that it's just glitchy software itself, but now some other people who also use Linux have told me, that they have no such problem. And it is: from time to time Firefox just doesn't render a page, particulary if it's a .php page, even more particulary if it has some argument behind it (.php?456346#). In such cases I see the correct url in the address bar, but the page either has stayed the same from which I clicked, or it's completely blank. In such cases I click on that link and refresh for a dozen of times till it finally loads, or if I get very frustrated, I launch Opera or Galeon which show no such behaviour. Then use Opera, somebody will probalbly say, and I would agree if not for particluar extensions. Firefox usually loads the page if it's freshly restarted. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It happens to me very often, so i've learned to ignore that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 (edited) well, I deleted all .mozilla dir, only imported my bookmarks from the old one for some 2 hours now I have had no such errors (knocks wood) Edited January 5, 2006 by solarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I deleted all .mozilla dir In Firefox-speak you have created a clean profile. This frequently cures many problems as you can see by having a look at the MozillaZine forum. In particular, if you upgrade from 1.0 to 1.5, it is a good idea to create a fresh profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 thanks for the tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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