38021 - Alert box: connection was refused...

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Networking, defect, P3)

Description

[banasw01]

At random times while browsing I get and Alert box:

The connection was refused when attempting to contact www.xxx.com

Where xxx is the domain of the site I'm visiting. The only button
that I can click on is OK. When I click OK, the Alert box goes away,
but if I try to access any other URL or go back I get the same box.
Every URL I type in gives me the same message, but only the name of
the domain (the xxx part) changes.
The only way to fix this is to close Mozilla, and open it back up.

Build ID 2000041805

Win 98 and Linux

Wojciech Banas, [e-mail]

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

Changing component to networking.
The same is reported in bug 37633, unknown build.
Maybe related to bug 35150 (too many open sockets) but that was marked fixed on
April 11th.

Reporter: Can you try a newer build and see if this is still a problem?

Comment 2

[Gwyn Judd]

*** Bug 37633 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

reassign

Comment 4

[Gwyn Judd]

*** Bug 36279 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Benko]

Tested on Win98, M15 2000041805 release. Believe that the bug is caused by 
Flash(TM) contents on the web page. Don't know enough about Flash, however these 
are the 2 test cases that alwasy caused the bug for me:

Test 1: (100% repeatable)
1. Open Mozilla
2. Go to page www.comedycentral.com
3. Click on "Play Our Games" 
4. While loading the page, not all pictures are fully loaded, and the alert 
message pops up

Test 2: (100% repeatable)
1. Open Mozilla
2. Go to page www.nba.com
3. Go to page www.flash.com
4. Go to page www.comedycentral.com
5. Go to page www.nba.com
6. Go to page www.flash.com
7. When connecting to www.flash.com the alert box appears and states the 
previously mentioned message.

Tried these Flash sites (all cause the bug):
www.comedycentral.com, www.macromedia.com, www.flash.com, www.balthaser.com, 
www.shockwave.com, www.nba.com, www.ocra.fi, www.eye4u.com, www.chrysler.com, 
www.videocom.ch, www.fondex.com, www.loonland.de, www.bbvd.com, 
www.windowsontheworld.com, www.acidtrip.com 

Also noticed some side effects of the bug that might block or depend on some 
other bug:
1. Minimizing the toolbars at the top is possible, however after minimization 
the toolbars disappear and then it is impossible to bring them back.
2. Back history is totally unusable because even if one manages to go to a 
different page and then makes a progression through a couple of links (a couple 
of pages), pressing the button back tries to load the page that was producing 
the "alert message" (in our instance www.flash.com) Hence all history doesn't 
get recorded properly after the alert message.
3. Worst case: Mozilla locks up in a loop constantly displaying the "alert 
message". The only way out is to kill Mozilla.
4. The alert has nothing to do with time, we made Mozilla display the bug in 
less than 5 seconds, and we also browsed with Mozilla for and hour and then went 
to a Flash™ site, which again caused the same message.
5. All other Internet activity ceases functionality while Mozilla is running 
after the bug occurs. Even using another software product for browsing, ftp, 
telnet, checking e-mail is not possible until Mozilla is closed/killed. Tried 
using Netscape 4.7, IE 5.0, WinFTP, FTP Explorer, and Microsoft Outlook 2000.

Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

The first bug report looks very much like a transient problem on the reporter's 
network; the second set all WORKFORME in Win95 20000518.

Gerv

Comment 7

[Tom Everingham]

verified WORKSFORME
Linux 2000070420
Win98 2000070508