271318 - Each time I click a link it tells me it cannot find it to check the name again.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Laura Hochstetler]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

No matter what link I click it tells me that it cannot find that page and to
check the name and try again. It even does this when I try to go to Mozilla.org,
google.com and just about every site I try. After reclicking the site 2 or 3
times it will finally open the site without any problem.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click on web page or link
2.Gives error message saying it cannot be found to recheck name and try again.
3. Click the same link again 2-3 times and it will finally open the web page.

Actual Results:  
It tells me over and over no matter what link that it cannot find that page, to
check my spelling and try again. Sometimes it is a link from Mozilla.org and it
still won't find it.

Expected Results:  
It should open the web page on the first click of the link.

I have an AMD processor XP 2700+ with 512mb of Ram. I am running Windows XP 2nd
edition.

Comment 1

[Steffen Wilberg]

Maybe a problem with your network connection?
Do you have any extensions installed?

Comment 2

[Daniel Wang]

Do you have Firewall enabled? Is Mozilla listed as blocked program?

Comment 3

[Laura Hochstetler]

I do have a firewall but Firefox has full permission on it. It is even allowed
to bypass the lock.

Comment 4

[Steffen Wilberg]

I suppose you didn't mean to resolve this bug as WONTFIX, did you? Reopening.

I can't reproduce your problem at all. I'd suggest to try a new profile:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile

And if that doesn't help, post a message to the support forum:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38

Comment 5

[massemaj]

After installing Firefox 1.0 1.7.5:2004110711 over a previous version 
1.7.3:2004100109, I cannot get Firefox to open ANY web page on start up or 
after. It gives the message: "xxx.xxx.x.. could not be found. Please check the 
name and try again." where xxx etc. is the URL. 

This is perfectly reproducible with any URL I choose.  This suggests that 
somehow Firefox is not seeing the network.  Simultaneously, IE is seeing the 
net on the same computer.

OS = Win2000 SP4; platform PC

The net access settings are the same as in another computer (on the same home 
wireless network ) running the older version: direct internet access, all 
behind the same Norton Internet Security firewall. 
The older version was working perfectly on the computer, still is on the other 
computer. 

I uninstalled, reinstalled, and got the same problem. As a result I am using IE 
again.  

Any ideas for what this is about? It is not a "known issue" @ mozilla.org. 

Comment 6

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

(In reply to comment #5)
> After installing Firefox 1.0 1.7.5:2004110711 over a previous version 
> 1.7.3:2004100109, I cannot get Firefox to open ANY web page on start up or 
> after. It gives the message: "xxx.xxx.x.. could not be found. Please check the 
> name and try again." where xxx etc. is the URL. 
> 
> This is perfectly reproducible with any URL I choose.  This suggests that 
> somehow Firefox is not seeing the network.  Simultaneously, IE is seeing the 
> net on the same computer.
> 
> OS = Win2000 SP4; platform PC
> 
> The net access settings are the same as in another computer (on the same home 
> wireless network ) running the older version: direct internet access, all 
> behind the same Norton Internet Security firewall. 
> The older version was working perfectly on the computer, still is on the other 
> computer. 
> 
> I uninstalled, reinstalled, and got the same problem. As a result I am using IE 
> again.  
> 
> Any ideas for what this is about? It is not a "known issue" @ mozilla.org. 
> 

uninstalling does not change your profile.
questions like these really have to be asked on forums and not bugzilla

Comment 7

[Jaime Mitchell (use [e-mail] for email)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050602
Firefox/1.0+ ID:2005060214

WFM

Resolving WFM as this doesnt seem to be firefox bug but a user support request.


Please ask support questions on forums.mozillazine.org