483204 - page load fails or goes to text format

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[ajburck]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3) Gecko/20090305 Firefox/3.1b3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3) Gecko/20090305 Firefox/3.1b3

This only happens in 3.1B, still in 3.1B3.  Often I get an error "Address Not Found -- Firefox can't find the server at <hendrix.mozilla.org> and have to try again 2 or 3 times before the page loads.  Also, some pages which load additinal information (such http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^GSPC)frequently load in text mode rather than HTML mode.  This never happens using FF3.0 on the same system & wifi network.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Can't find any pattern
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Comment 1

[Paul Reiber]

See bug 503262.

May be related to changes in how FF handles DNS - specifically, it's now doing "prefetching" which overwhelms many older routers.

Please try the WORKAROUND steps in comment #31 and comment here whether that fixes your problem or not.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode or a fresh profile? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 3

[ajburck]

I've switched to Chrome since I continue to be unable to load my.yahoo.com due to another problem (page comes up completely blank).  I can't say whether this bug has been fixed or not.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

If you happen to use Firefox again and still see this, feel free to reopen.