From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 20:07:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5855A16A4BF; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:07:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakemtao07.cox.net (lakemtao07.cox.net [68.1.17.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99BA943F93; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:07:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from mezz.mezzweb.com ([68.103.37.247]) by lakemtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20030912030708.ZBKZ15705.lakemtao07.cox.net@mezz.mezzweb.com>; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:07:08 -0400 To: Adam McLaurin References: <1063334273.40543.9.camel@jake> Message-ID: From: Jeremy Messenger Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:06:11 -0500 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera7.20/Linux M2 build 459 cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Warning: Galeon 1.3.8 is buggy (unusable?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 03:07:12 -0000 On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:02:59 -0500, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:37:53 -0400, Adam McLaurin > wrote: > >> Galeon 1.3.8 seems to have some problems with forms on some websites. >> The problem doesn't seem to occur on everyone's installation (one of my >> boxes is fine, and Marcus's box is fine), but myself and another guy in >> #galeon (GIMPnet IRC) are having the exact same problem. >> >> Essentially, when you fill out a form and submit, the data isn't >> processed correctly. The processing script ends up with no data at all. >> I've reproduced this problem on both POST and GET forms, so it's not >> specifically related to method. >> >> Two websites that are known to cause problems for both of us are: >> http://boston.craigslist.org/nfa/ >> http://www.freebsdforums.com/forums/search.php >> >> Anyhow, we're both researching the problem now, and will discuss it with >> the Galeon team tomorrow morning. We both suspect it's a Javascript >> error, but we haven't proven anything definitively yet. > > I personal don't think it's JavaScript issue, because the first link > doesn't has any of it. The second page, it has very small JavaScript[1] ^^^^^^ Err, I mean link.. :-) Cheers, Mezz > and I don't know how it can cause the GET/POST forms problem, since this > only does the refresh job. > > [1] > > Cheers, > Mezz > >> For now, I'd recommend perhaps holding off on upgrading. If we can prove >> this is a problem specifically in Galeon 1.3.8, a fixed version should >> follow quickly. >> >> If you DID upgrade to 1.3.8 and find yourself having this problem, you >> might have to remove ~/.galeon and downgrade back to 1.3.7. Going back >> to 1.3.7 without removing the settings didn't fix the problem for me. >> Once I removed the settings, all was fine again (well, as fine as it was >> before I started messing with 1.3.8). >> >> If you need further help with this, swing by #freebsd-gnome on FreeNode >> IRC. > > -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.