From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 20:03:58 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 8DF7716A4BF; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakemtao07.cox.net (lakemtao07.cox.net [68.1.17.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6293E43F85; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:03:57 -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 <20030912030355.ZAEI15705.lakemtao07.cox.net@mezz.mezzweb.com>; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:03:55 -0400 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:02:59 -0500 To: Adam McLaurin References: <1063334273.40543.9.camel@jake> From: Jeremy Messenger Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1063334273.40543.9.camel@jake> 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 03:03:58 -0000 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] 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.