308889 - Pages dont load sometimes, but when you refresh they do

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Charlie Page]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4

It seems like random sites I visit will give me an error yet when I re-load its
fine. Even yahoo search just did that to me and this has only happened recently
for some reason.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to site
2. See error
3. Refresh

Actual Results:  
Its random so some sites do this, others don't. I even just went to
craigslist.org (38 ranked site) and gave me an error but I refreshed and fine.

Expected Results:  
Uhh loaded the page with no error...

Comment 1

[Ryan Flint [:rflint] (ping via IRC for reviews)]

WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908
Firefox/1.4

Check your connection settings, your extensions and any optimizations you may
have preformed. See the MozillaZine forums (http://forums.mozillazine.org) if
you need further support.

Comment 2

[Charlie Page]

(In reply to comment #1)
> WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908
> Firefox/1.4
> 
> Check your connection settings, your extensions and any optimizations you may
> have preformed. See the MozillaZine forums (http://forums.mozillazine.org) if
> you need further support.

I dont have any extensions, I am using 1.5 Beta and it only started it today. So
I'm going to re-open the bug but I will also check the forums.

Comment 3

[Emily Bowman]

I encounter this problem fairly frequently in the new versions, mostly various images on pages fail to load but occasionally the page itself does. I believe it may partially have to do with the various network.http.* settings, particularly network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server. Lowering that setting on mine reduced (but did not eliminate) the frequency it occured with.

Comment 4

[perspicio]

This happens whenever I browse amazon.com.  Almost any amazon page will not load unless I click "refresh" many times.  I have not noticed the problem at any other website.

Comment 5

[sharpe1815]

I agree with Perspicio. Very few, if any, problems at other sites. On Amazon alone will pages not load. It acts like it's loading, but all you get is a white page with the little Done notice in the left hand corner. It will eventually load if you hit the refresh button enough times. Sometimes that's once, sometimes it's five or six. It is very annoying. 

I'm using Windows XP Pro on a broadband connection and a Pentium 4 processor. This problem has been going on for about 3 months, which is how long I have been using Firefox. I have all the latest updates for XP and Firefox.

Sharpe1815

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 7

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.