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Firefox having problems loading games in facebook
This is what I posted on the ubuntu forums, didn't really get any useful answers so I figured I'd bring it over to you folks.
"So, try as I might, I could not find a related topic to this with the search button. It has been a really, really long time since I was in forums with you fine folks. I do a lot of the work on this computer myself, I've done my little research over the years and have gotten (mildly) competent with terminal. So then, the topic. Essentially, it's a firefox thing, so I can't really do anything with what I've learned over the years to begin with. What appears to be happening is that the page stops loading about literally one screen out, no matter how far down the actual web page goes. My normal MO for this kind of problem is along the lines of "Clear cache. That didn't work? Check error log. Nothing? Reboot. Nothing? Google. Nothing? Check forums for similar problems. Nothing? Start again." None of that mess has worked, and I know that's probably a very haphazard way of conducting my net bound business, but strangely enough, it generally works. Things that changed recently: I changed from 10.04 to 10.10, I had to use terminal to "install" the plugin for adobe flashplayer. System I run: Alienware M17, Ubuntu 10.10, 4gb@7200 rpm, 64 bit" All that said, I was told to try reinstalling firefox and flashplayer, both of which I did and neither of which did anything. |
Hello,
Does it do the same thing with another browser?(Konqeror or the gnome default browser) Something may be broken in your upgrade. Did you try to install the previous version of flash and did you also upgrade firefox? I'm not sure but I think Ubuntu 10.10 uses a new firefox by default(need to check that). Sorry I don't have any concrete recommendations but if it happend after the upgrade its possible that a program change is conflicting. I would downgrade both firefox and flash, see if its still happening, then upgrade one, test and upgrade the other. Good luck. |
Sort of can't downgrade the flashplayer, they don't keep previous versions as far as I can tell (of the 64 bit for ubuntu), and I didn't keep the old one because the old one was installed via synaptic package manager. I'll definitely try the downgrade for firefox, if I can find it, though. Thanks for a start!
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Recent developments suggest that the problem lies somewhere between facebook and firefox, and more than likely somewhere in my settings. The chat just cut off as well, as in stopped working. If this helps anyone figure out what's going on, I'll be somewhat amazed. Figured I'd give an update.
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You're probably experiencing the same thing as my daughter- Ubuntu is kinda slow at getting flash updates out, and games, chat, etc on Facebook and other pages stop working until it comes. FWIW, flash just updated on Windows last week...
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Maybe... but it was still the same when I checked it without flash installed at all. That, and if that was the case, wouldn't it be more than just facebook that was hurt? I've suffered from youtube being "down" before, but youtube is working just fine, as are other flash sites such as armor games. Those didn't work when flash was uninstalled, but the pages were the same--cut off completely after one page. The only thing I can say is that the rest of the page is still there in code, at least, since if there was music on the page I can still hear the music when the page loads. Visually, though, it cannot be seen.
Going to try rebooting into safe graphics mode, see if that works any to reset anything that's happened. Also going to check the error log again when I do. |
Here's what came up when it tried to load.
api-read.facebook.com : server does not support RFC 5746, see CVE-2009-3555 Most of what google turned up was either pure junk or jibberish to me. In safe graphics right now, so I figure I'll stay here until I get some idea of what's going on. Aaaaaand I discovered something upon trying to reload a page. That is a LOT of error messages for one page. Here's the one that stuck out the most to me. Error: Permission denied for <http://app.ffs.likagames.com> to call method Location.toString If more is needed, simply ask, I have got pleeeeenty to spare. |
As a side note, my fiancee runs the same kind of system as I do, ubuntu 10.10 on a semi-old HP with very decent stats, she has no problems. Perhaps it has to do with the 64 bit?
I have more relevant data. I tried renaming the firefox directories, with no result. |
EDIT: IGNORE THIS ... Did not read your most recent post, and responded with something irrelevant considering that your fiancee is not having trouble. My bad. :)
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Try it in safe mode, or with a new profile. If it works then, one of your addons is the problem. Which is probably the case.
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Tried new user, has the same issues. Was already in safe graphics mode when I wrote that, a few messages ago, btw.
I love you too, dear. |
Hello... I'm Grey's wonderful and amazing, even perfect XD, fiancée. So before i wasn't having this issue and now that i relogged facebook the SAME thing is happening to me. Could it be an update from facebook? Or maybe and update to the 10.10 Ubuntu? Save me please D: I miss my games. Without them I actually have to be social! LOL
My PC: Ubuntu 10.10. (32 bit) Memory: 2 gb processor 0: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2400 @ 1.83GHz processor 1: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2400 @ 1.83GHz Firefox Version:3.6.17+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 P.S : I LOVE YOU GREY! |
No issues here with Firefox 4.0 or Google Chrome 11.0.696.71 (Official Build 86024), with Shockwave Flash 10.3 r181.
Take a look at Flash-Aid - http://www.webgapps.org/add-ons/flash-aid |
So... I installed google chrome, just to see if it would work on there, and low and behold, the problem actually carries over. WHAT IN THE HELLS IS GOING ON HERE?!
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Sounds like a graphic card/driver problem. Maybe over heating too.
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[64 bit] Firefox 4 64bit flash - Page 2 - Ubuntu Forums - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1703027&page=2
Flash-Aid :: Add-ons for Firefox - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...don/flash-aid/ Chrome uses its own built-in version of flash so if it is also having issues then there is something more wrong than just flash not working. |
Perhaps at some point I thought that this was a flash issue. Currently I believe it lies somewhere in my settings, since reinstalling flash and firefox completely did absolutely nothing, renaming directories did just as much, and google chrome has all the same issues. It's on games on facebook such as "Friends for Sale" and "Mouse Hunt", neither of which are actually flash based. In fact, everything that is flash based works perfectly. Even if I can't see it, I can still hear it.
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... Looks like facebook fixed itself. Mind you, no flash updates were released, so this was a facebook thing, not a flash thing. Anyways, situation resolved for me, dunno if that applies to the rest of you. Never found out what was wrong, just know where the issue lies now. Future people's beware: facebook is teh glitches.
Edit: I am still curious to know what exactly happened. Any theories are more than welcome? Edit II: So I looked in the error console, and all the same errors are still popping up on the same pages. Seriously starting to weird me out, but this makes me think that nothing is actually fixed, it's just now it "looks nice". Anyone have a lead on what might be going on here? |
How to fix the problem......
Stop playing silly games on Fb, go outside and go for a nice walk. Read a book. Learn something new, like how to cook some strange new dish, or something like bash scripting, python, perl etc. Take your spouse/significant other out on a date. Visit a museum or art gallery. Go volunteer at a homeless shelter, visit a retirement home. Turn off the computer and be happy. Life is about more than Facebook and Twitter. |
Alright, well I'm not going to flame you, but the short version is that I was trying to take care of this before deploying. Thanks.
Edit: Also, in all seriousness, I would like to get this taken care of as soon as possible. Facebook is not the only thing generating alarming number of errors on the console. If requested, I will post as many of them as I have time to copy down, otherwise the general message is that a quite ridiculous number of errors are generated any time that I go to a site with any web content on it. Facebook appears to be the most heavily affected, but I'm sure that other sites will probably fall sooner or later. Also, I mentioned nothing about twitter, so please don't call me names just because I like having a way to connect with friends while away from home. |
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To OTHER people reading and willing to help: The errors are still appearing much the same, even for Linuxquestions. If you have any idea what might be causing them We'd be grateful for the help. I'm going to miss him for the months he is gone so any way we can get things fixed so I can still talk to him.. I'll be thankful. If you need more screen shots of the errors please let us know and we can log some websites and the errors that come up on them. Good Night, Kaji |
Erm... yes thank you dear...
As an update, I have found one site that it doesn't do the massive errors on: normal google. This might be a starting point, though keep in mind that when I do a search, the errors reappear. I'm headed to sleep, hopefully see you all later. |
If you get these errors even on LQ then I really doubt that they are related to Flash, since LQ doesn't use Flash.
Please post some of the error messages you get. Also, if you think it might be a problem with your settings, close all browser instances and then rename your settings folder: Code:
mv ~/.mozilla ~/mozilla.backup |
So... despite changing my directory name back to just mozilla, I can't get my bookmarks and things back. Also, I will post a "few" of the error messages that came up. We'll say the twenty five at the top, since my time is limited and it doesn't appear I can just copy paste.
Warning: Unknown property 'border-bottom-right-radius'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Unknown property 'box-shadow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Unknown property 'text-overflow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Unknown property 'text-overflow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'filter'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'filter'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'filter'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Unknown property 'resize'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'font'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Unknown property 'text-overflow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Unknown property 'zoom'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'cursor'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Unknown property 'box-shadow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'cursor'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'cursor'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Unknown property 'text-overflow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'cursor'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'cursor'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'cursor'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'cursor'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'filter'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'cursor'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Unknown property 'box-shadow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'cursor'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Unknown property 'text-overflow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 Warning: Unknown property 'text-overflow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1 Line: 1 I hope that this helps give some idea of the extent of this problem. If you need examples other than just gmail, I'll get them to you at some other point when I come back tonight. |
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Security Error: Content at http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/ may not load data from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...595/page2.html. Security Error: Content at http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/ may not load data from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...eply&p=4374804. Security errors seem to be the only ones coming up right now.. but it's been changing itself a lot. I'll keep you posted from my end.. And thank you Tobi. |
Seems to me that you have either a plugin or a security setting that warns you when a site loads content from a third party server. In case of the LQ pages you mentioned these security Errors are simply warning you that LQ runs ads from the Google Ads service (which are necessary for LQ to survive). That is not really an error (at least in this case), but a warning.
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Okay, I have time. I guess I did just copy the warnings, didn't I? Here's a few of the errors.
Error: Permission denied for <http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net> to call method Location.toString Security Error: Content at http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/ may not load data from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...te=1&p=4375944. Security Error: Content at http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/ may not load data from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...te=1&p=4375944. Security Error: Content at http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/ may not load data from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...te=1&p=4375944. Security Error: Content at http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/ may not load data from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...te=1&p=4375944. Security Error: Content at http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/ may not load data from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...te=1&p=4375944. Security Error: Content at http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/ may not load data from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...te=1&p=4375944. Security Error: Content at http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/ may not load data from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...te=1&p=4375944. Warning: Error in parsing value for 'font-size'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/ads/ad_...=&action=index Line: 0 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'color'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/ads/ad_...=&action=index Line: 0 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'width'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/ads/ad_...=&action=index Line: 0 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'height'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/ads/ad_...=&action=index Line: 0 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'width'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/ads/ad_...=&action=index Line: 1 Warning: Unknown property 'text-overflow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/ads/ad_...=&action=index Line: 0 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'margin'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/ads/ad_...=&action=index Line: 0 Warning: Unknown property 'text-overflow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/ads/ad_...=&action=index Line: 0 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'margin'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/ads/ad_...=&action=index Line: 0 Warning: Unknown property 'text-overflow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/ads/ad_...=&action=index Line: 0 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'margin'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/ads/ad_...=&action=index Line: 0 Warning: Unknown property 'text-overflow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/ads/ad_...=&action=index Line: 1 Warning: Expected end of value but found 'important'. Error in parsing value for 'width'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://zbar.static.zynga.com/static/...e.css?x=112108 Line: 40 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'top'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/dashboard Line: 139 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'top'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/dashboard Line: 138 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'filter'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/dashboard Line: 137 Warning: Unknown property '-moz-opacity'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/dashboard Line: 137 Warning: Expected declaration but found '*'. Skipped to next declaration. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/dashboard Line: 127 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'top'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/dashboard Line: 119 Warning: Unknown property 'zoom'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/dashboard Line: 45 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'display'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/dashboard Line: 40 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'filter'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/dashboard Line: 25 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'right'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/dashboard Line: 8 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'top'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://app.ffs.likagames.com/dashboard Line: 8 Warning: Unknown property 'border-radius'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://static.ffs.likagames.com/styl...css?1306053717 Line: 40 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'background'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://static.ffs.likagames.com/styl...css?1306053717 Line: 90 Warning: Error in parsing value for 'filter'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://static.ffs.likagames.com/styl...css?1306053717 Line: 89 Warning: Unknown property 'border-radius'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://static.ffs.likagames.com/styl...css?1306053717 Line: 28 Warning: Unknown property 'box-shadow'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://static.ffs.likagames.com/styl...css?1306053717 Line: 18 Warning: Unknown property 'border-radius'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://static.ffs.likagames.com/styl...css?1306053717 Line: 15 This is the error list from bottom to top about one quarter the way up after loading one page on a game called "Friends for Sale" on facebook, once, no reloading. I hope this gives a better idea of what's going on? Edit: I noticed that the security errors came from this site, not facebook, despite having reloaded that page and left this page alone. |
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