466621 - Address Not Found: Firefox can't find the server at w.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Wenzhuo Zhang]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008111317 Ubuntu/8.04 (hardy) Firefox/3.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008111317 Ubuntu/8.04 (hardy) Firefox/3.0.4

Starting from yesterday, Firefox v3.0.4 often complains that it cannot find server at w (the first character of the domain name). It occurs with both the official 3.0.4 Windows binary and the Ubuntu 3.0.4 package. Clicking the "Try again" button on the error page cannot fix the problem, but the Reload button on the toolbar can.

Sometimes the domain name is truncated at different position, e.g. forums.m for forums.mozillazine.org.

I am not sure if it's a network problem here in China or a bug in 3.0.4. Please advise.

Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Did you already tried the Firefox safemode ?
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

Comment 2

[Wenzhuo Zhang]

Attachment: TCP stream logging of such a failed http request

Comment 3

[Wenzhuo Zhang]

Internet Explorer also experiences similar problems. I managed to capture one
such failed http session. It seems that some devices of my ISP (Shanghai
Telecom) erroneously are hijacking http sessions and injecting stupid things.
See attachment(id=350085).

Comment 4

[Wenzhuo Zhang]

Comment on attachment 350085 [details]
TCP stream logging of such a failed http request

First, capture http packets:
$ sudo tcpdump -i eth0 -w firefox.pcap -n port 80 -s 0

Then open firefox.pcap using wireshark, locate the failed http request, and finally Follow TCP Stream.

Comment 5

[Wenzhuo Zhang]

erroneously^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H, sorry.

I can tell it's my ISP's fault, because I am experiencing this problem when browsing local websites as well as domestic and international websites.

Comment 6

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

If the culprit is your ISP rather than Firefox, the right Product for this bug might be "Tech Evangelism" with an appropriate Component for the language (maybe zh-CN or some such). In that case, see http://www.mozilla.org/projects/tech-evangelism/site/procedures.html about what to do next.

Comment 7

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

If you get the same with IE then either something is wrong at your OS, your router or your ISP.

Comment 8

[Wenzhuo Zhang]

They have stopped http hijacking. Closing this bug.