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by Another Scott
12/25/05 12:39:33 PM
12/25/05 5:11:18 PM
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New Firefox/Deerpark 1.5 beta weird for me on MEPIS.
I installed the latest SimplyMEPIS beta (SimplyMEPIS_3.4-2.rc1.iso)on my T41. Firefox/Deerpark 1.5 beta acts very strangely:

1) The pageup/pagedown keys don't work (it acts as if it goes pagedown then immediately back to the top of the page).
[edit:] This problem seems to be resolved. I was trying to setup the desktop at 1400x1050 and part of the setup was stuck at 1024x768. Changing everything to 1024x768 has fixed this problem. (Apparently I need to edit some config files to get 1400x1050 working...) [/edit]

2) It seems to have no DNS cacheing at all. Every request to z involves about a 15 s delay while it looks up z's address, then there's a long "waiting".
[edit:] This problem seems to be gone as well. ? [/edit]

3) Konquerer seems to act a little better, so it seems to be something about Deerpark. [edit:] Konqueror is working fine now too. [/edit]

(I thought I updated to the released version of Firefox, but I can't seem to find it on the machine.)

Both of these things with Firefox are probably more related to some sort of MEPIS networking/X settings, but I've not had these types of problems with Firefox on Win2k.

Just another datapoint...

Cheers,
Scott.
(Who's going to try the latest release of SimplyMEPIS, then may try Kubuntu. One of his goals for 2006 is to move as much as possible to Linux even if that means running WinforLin/etc. in Linux. [edit:] SimplyMEPIS 3.4-2.rc1 seems worth sticking with at the moment. [/edit])
Collapse Edited by Another Scott Dec. 25, 2005, 05:11:18 PM EST
Firefox/Deerpark 1.5 beta weird for me on MEPIS.
I installed the latest SimplyMEPIS beta (SimplyMEPIS_3.4-2.rc1.iso)on my T41. Firefox/Deerpark 1.5 beta acts very strangely:

1) The pageup/pagedown keys don't work (it acts as if it goes pagedown then immediately back to the top of the page).
2) It seems to have no DNS cacheing at all. Every request to z involves about a 15 s delay while it looks up z's address, then there's a long "waiting".
3) Konquerer seems to act a little better, so it seems to be something about Deerpark.

(I thought I updated to the released version of Firefox, but I can't seem to find it on the machine.)

Both of these things with Firefox are probably more related to some sort of MEPIS networking/X settings, but I've not had these types of problems with Firefox on Win2k.

Just another datapoint...

Cheers,
Scott.
(Who's going to try the latest release of SimplyMEPIS, then may try Kubuntu. One of his goals for 2006 is to move as much as possible to Linux even if that means running WinforLin/etc. in Linux.)
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     Graphing in Javascript using Canvas Tag - (tuberculosis) - (82) - Dec. 15, 2005, 09:06:52 PM EST
         Nifty, but next to useless, unfortunately. - (admin) - (8) - Dec. 15, 2005, 10:16:45 PM EST
             Only if you're supporting broken browsers - (tuberculosis) - (7) - Dec. 16, 2005, 01:33:27 AM EST
                 Er... - (admin) - (6) - Dec. 16, 2005, 07:13:18 AM EST
                     Yes, this is a toy - (tuberculosis) - (5) - Dec. 16, 2005, 11:05:56 AM EST
                         What about SVG? - (ChrisR) - (4) - Dec. 16, 2005, 11:23:05 AM EST
                             Its dead, Jim. - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Dec. 16, 2005, 12:08:00 PM EST
                                 It's dead on the web. - (pwhysall) - Dec. 16, 2005, 11:53:40 AM EST
                                 Standardization process is broken - (JayMehaffey) - (1) - Dec. 16, 2005, 12:17:52 PM EST
                                     Have you ever served on standards committee? - (tuberculosis) - Dec. 16, 2005, 03:05:40 PM EST
         And it crashes older browsers.... - (Simon_Jester) - (72) - Dec. 20, 2005, 09:22:17 AM EST
             Cool! Makes you wanna upgrade! - (tuberculosis) - (71) - Dec. 20, 2005, 12:42:08 PM EST
                 No. Makes me think the web designer is a jackass. -NT - (ben_tilly) - (69) - Dec. 20, 2005, 12:43:38 PM EST
                     If a browser crashes - its not the designer's fault - (tuberculosis) - (68) - Dec. 20, 2005, 12:49:46 PM EST
                         Strongly disagree - (ben_tilly) - (67) - Dec. 20, 2005, 01:04:46 PM EST
                             I think we have different quality expectations of software - (tuberculosis) - (66) - Dec. 20, 2005, 02:45:35 PM EST
                                 I seem to recall... - (Yendor) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2005, 03:17:26 PM EST
                                     If it's valid HTML/CSS, that's a browser bug. - (pwhysall) - Dec. 20, 2005, 03:54:11 PM EST
                                 Agree on the crash thing. - (pwhysall) - Dec. 20, 2005, 03:53:07 PM EST
                                 I agree with you about well-written software - (ben_tilly) - (62) - Dec. 20, 2005, 04:14:38 PM EST
                                     Not blaming the users per se - (tuberculosis) - (61) - Dec. 20, 2005, 05:55:08 PM EST
                                         cf. Ada - (jb4) - Dec. 20, 2005, 06:28:32 PM EST
                                         member of a working group now, know what ya mean -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 20, 2005, 06:37:43 PM EST
                                         You might not be blaming the users... - (ben_tilly) - (58) - Dec. 20, 2005, 06:43:31 PM EST
                                             problem is you are all not willing to use microsoft only -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2005, 07:05:16 PM EST
                                                 The right analogy for that is... - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 20, 2005, 07:08:11 PM EST
                                             Or the user is enabling bad coders - (tuberculosis) - (55) - Dec. 20, 2005, 07:40:24 PM EST
                                                 Suppose I'm a user using an old browser... - (ben_tilly) - (54) - Dec. 20, 2005, 10:46:58 PM EST
                                                     By this logic we should all stick to html 3.2 forever - (tuberculosis) - (53) - Dec. 20, 2005, 11:38:00 PM EST
                                                         Go back to the root conversation - (ben_tilly) - (52) - Dec. 21, 2005, 11:49:20 AM EST
                                                             And it hasn't been touched in over 5 years - (tuberculosis) - (49) - Dec. 21, 2005, 12:23:33 PM EST
                                                                 In other words the 1% figure was a red herring - (ben_tilly) - (48) - Dec. 22, 2005, 12:20:51 PM EST
                                                                     I'm not the one doing the punishing in this scenario - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Dec. 22, 2005, 12:45:13 PM EST
                                                                         You're not? - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Dec. 22, 2005, 08:17:03 PM EST
                                                                             One user's pain is another's pleasure - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Dec. 23, 2005, 02:20:19 AM EST
                                                                                 Far too often... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 23, 2005, 03:04:14 AM EST
                                                                                     He should not have to -NT - (broomberg) - Dec. 23, 2005, 11:49:48 AM EST
                                                                     Is high-bandwidth streaming video a punishment? - (drewk) - (22) - Dec. 22, 2005, 01:12:11 PM EST
                                                                         If you want to limit yourself... do that. - (folkert) - (18) - Dec. 22, 2005, 02:04:09 PM EST
                                                                             No, they're being punsished - (drewk) - (17) - Dec. 22, 2005, 02:10:59 PM EST
                                                                                 ICLRPDs. (new thread) - (Another Scott) - Dec. 22, 2005, 02:15:57 PM EST
                                                                                 I wonder how Ben feels about stations - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Dec. 22, 2005, 02:46:49 PM EST
                                                                                     Seems the US government is shoving this one - (folkert) - (1) - Dec. 22, 2005, 03:34:23 PM EST
                                                                                         IIRC - (jb4) - Dec. 27, 2005, 06:49:54 PM EST
                                                                                     I think that the switch is fine... - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 22, 2005, 04:38:27 PM EST
                                                                                 No, it is not punishing them. - (folkert) - (11) - Dec. 22, 2005, 03:29:32 PM EST
                                                                                     I think you summarized my position pretty well - (ben_tilly) - (10) - Dec. 22, 2005, 04:50:06 PM EST
                                                                                         Firefox is a 5MB download that works well on older computers -NT - (pwhysall) - (9) - Dec. 22, 2005, 04:54:24 PM EST
                                                                                             Not on my old system - (ben_tilly) - (8) - Dec. 22, 2005, 08:14:37 PM EST
                                                                                                 Re: Not on my old system - (pwhysall) - (7) - Dec. 23, 2005, 03:46:57 AM EST
                                                                                                     Is there a reason? - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Dec. 23, 2005, 01:23:02 PM EST
                                                                                                         "Hu-mour". -NT - (admin) - (5) - Dec. 23, 2005, 02:03:19 PM EST
                                                                                                             Can't be. It isn't funny. -NT - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Dec. 23, 2005, 02:33:37 PM EST
                                                                                                                 Beg to differ - (drewk) - Dec. 23, 2005, 02:40:14 PM EST
                                                                                                                 Maybe to *you* it isn't. - (admin) - (2) - Dec. 23, 2005, 05:45:53 PM EST
                                                                                                                     of course they are misfunctioning, he's a father now -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Dec. 23, 2005, 06:17:01 PM EST
                                                                                                                         Agreed - (broomberg) - Dec. 23, 2005, 07:41:44 PM EST
                                                                         No - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Dec. 22, 2005, 04:39:58 PM EST
                                                                             Nobody? - (drewk) - (1) - Dec. 22, 2005, 04:50:41 PM EST
                                                                                 People aren't doing that? - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 22, 2005, 08:12:52 PM EST
                                                                     I disagree - (pwhysall) - (1) - Dec. 22, 2005, 01:33:56 PM EST
                                                                         Yes, the product is broken. But... - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 22, 2005, 04:41:56 PM EST
                                                                     Also, aren't the users *choosing* to use a broken product? -NT - (pwhysall) - (17) - Dec. 22, 2005, 03:38:01 PM EST
                                                                         Same question I offered Todd - (ben_tilly) - (16) - Dec. 22, 2005, 08:24:54 PM EST
                                                                             Firefox, Opera, Safari, Camino -NT - (pwhysall) - (9) - Dec. 23, 2005, 03:47:48 AM EST
                                                                                 Firefox, Safari, and Camino at least are broken - (admin) - (7) - Dec. 23, 2005, 09:06:34 AM EST
                                                                                     Firefox and Safari - (tuberculosis) - (6) - Dec. 24, 2005, 10:56:24 PM EST
                                                                                         Firefox dumps core fairly regularly for me - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 25, 2005, 04:41:37 AM EST
                                                                                             Firefox/Deerpark 1.5 beta weird for me on MEPIS. - (Another Scott) - Dec. 25, 2005, 05:11:18 PM EST
                                                                                         Completely missing the point. - (admin) - (3) - Dec. 25, 2005, 02:35:08 PM EST
                                                                                             Yep, I don't get your point - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Dec. 25, 2005, 02:47:29 PM EST
                                                                                                 Re: Yep, I don't get your point - (admin) - (1) - Dec. 25, 2005, 03:47:43 PM EST
                                                                                                     So I should probably add something to my webpage - (tuberculosis) - Dec. 26, 2005, 10:59:48 PM EST
                                                                                 What Scott said - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 23, 2005, 02:02:36 PM EST
                                                                             Epiphany -NT - (drewk) - (5) - Dec. 23, 2005, 10:08:50 AM EST
                                                                                 I haven't used it yet but... - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Dec. 23, 2005, 01:25:46 PM EST
                                                                                     Well I feel silly - (SpiceWare) - (3) - Dec. 23, 2005, 01:59:00 PM EST
                                                                                         And now I feel silly as well - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Dec. 23, 2005, 02:04:57 PM EST
                                                                                             Wheee! cha-ching cha-ching - (drewk) - (1) - Dec. 23, 2005, 02:15:54 PM EST
                                                                                                 LOL - don't feel quite so silly anymore -NT - (SpiceWare) - Dec. 23, 2005, 04:04:24 PM EST
                                                             He who pays the piper calls the tune. - (broomberg) - (1) - Dec. 22, 2005, 09:38:12 PM EST
                                                                 I understand why it happens. I don't have to like it. -NT - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 22, 2005, 09:50:43 PM EST
                 "The job is not done - (Arkadiy) - Dec. 20, 2005, 08:24:39 PM EST

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