Ubuntu
firefox package

firefox is unable to download files from some URLs

Bug #182213 reported by b
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firefox (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

The following URL does not download in firefox (gutsy updated today).

http://www.ekran.org/ben/video/Memory-Association-Machine-PDCON07.ogg

wget and epiphany have no trouble with the file, but firefox just sits there trying to download it (spinning icon) no information in "Downloads" and the previous page stays on screen. I've left it for 30 minutes, but will leave it overnight to see if it timesout.

Can anyone else confirm this behaviour?

I've cleared by browser cache and that seems to have no effect.

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Trey Brown (trey.brown) wrote :

It started playing immediately in Mplayer within the browser for me, are you sure you don't need to load any plugins. Have you tried right-clicking the link and selecting save as?

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

Hi,

please resubmit your bug report using the firefox Help -> Report a Problem menu entry. This will gather additonal valuable information we need to look into this.

Thanks,
 - Alexander

Changed in firefox:
status: New → Invalid
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b (ben-ekran) wrote : Re: [Bug 182213] Re: firefox is unable to download files from some URLs

I'll report using the other method.

I can't now produce the problem regularly, a certain set of operations
will show the bug 3 times in a row, and then the 4th it works.

I'll reframe the bug to say that firefox gets into some state where it
will not load some URLs. Is it worth bothering with an strace of the
session until the buggy URL thing happens?

Thanks,
B. Bogart

Alexander Sack wrote:
> Hi,
>
> please resubmit your bug report using the firefox Help -> Report a
> Problem menu entry. This will gather additonal valuable information we
> need to look into this.
>
> Thanks,
> - Alexander
>
>
> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>

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