515524 - Some bookmarks and links fail to open. Tab and URL replaced with error.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[mamann77]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2

Ever since the last upgrade, I have been plagued with link failures. It doesn't matter if it's in email, a bookmark, or another site. Sometimes I have to retype the address with www. and other times I don't.

All I get is a blank page, the tab usually says "GIF (1x1pixel)" and the address goes to http://click.linksynergy.com.... or http://www.qksrv.net/g3103ox54P/x38/MLPOTSRT/.....or http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link. You have no idea how this is affecting my business when I can't open the vendor page. 

I posted in the forum, no help. Went to Apple, no help. Now you have another upgrade that might or might not fix it. How is it I can use the exported bookmarks on my PC, with no problem, yet I am doomed on my Mac. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Don't need steps, it is repetitive.
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about:buildconfig

Source

Built from http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.1/rev/b8dbd5ab1647
Build platform
target
powerpc-apple-darwin9.2.0

Build tools
Compiler 	Version 	Compiler flags
gcc-4.0 -arch ppc 	gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5484) 	-I/usr/X11/include -Wall -W -Wno-unused -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -W -Wno-long-long -gdwarf-2 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-strict-aliasing -fpascal-strings -fno-common -pthread -I/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/Developer/Headers/FlatCarbon -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -O2
g++-4.0 -arch ppc 	gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5484) 	-I/usr/X11/include -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wcast-align -Wno-invalid-offsetof -Wno-long-long -gdwarf-2 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-strict-aliasing -fpascal-strings -fno-common -fshort-wchar -pthread -I/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/Developer/Headers/FlatCarbon -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -O2

Configure arguments
--target=powerpc-apple-darwin9.2.0 --with-macos-sdk=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk --enable-application=browser --enable-update-channel=release --enable-update-packaging --disable-tests --enable-official-branding
Source

Built from http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.1/rev/b8dbd5ab1647
Build platform
target
i386-apple-darwin9.2.0

Build tools
Compiler 	Version 	Compiler flags
gcc-4.0 -arch i386 	gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5484) 	-I/usr/X11/include -Wall -W -Wno-unused -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -W -Wno-long-long -gdwarf-2 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-strict-aliasing -fpascal-strings -fno-common -pthread -I/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/Developer/Headers/FlatCarbon -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -O2
g++-4.0 -arch i386 	gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5484) 	-I/usr/X11/include -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wcast-align -Wno-invalid-offsetof -Wno-long-long -gdwarf-2 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-strict-aliasing -fpascal-strings -fno-common -fshort-wchar -pthread -I/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/Developer/Headers/FlatCarbon -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -O2

Configure arguments
--target=i386-apple-darwin9.2.0 --with-macos-sdk=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk --enable-application=browser --enable-update-channel=release --enable-update-packaging --disable-tests --enable-official-branding

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Have you tried safe-mode: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode
and a new profile: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#Make_a_new_profile

Comment 2

[mamann77]

Tried safe mode, new profile, new user,  Safari, and uninstall. I'm out of ideas. Even deleting  cookies, history, and cache files, I still have the problem.

Comment 3

[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 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug has had the CLOSEME tag for several weeks and the date in the tag is far gone. If the reporter can still see this issue, Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). Then please remove the closeme tag in the whiteboard, mark the bug against the proper version and comment on the bug.

Comment 5

[mamann77]

Now this is interesting. Where has it been since September 9, 2009?