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Apache hates Firefox
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| Massimo Soricetti 2007-01-18, 1:19 pm |
| Hello,
when someone connects to www.mysite.com (PHP dynamic site) using
IE/Seamonkey/Opera, the site is showing correctly.
If anyone connects using Firefox, Apache let it download the file
INDEX.PHP renamed random O_O
Everything ran fine until two days ago (Firefox too), when Apache config
was changed... now Firefox is out.
But not completely: if I point firefox to www.mysite.com/index.php it
shows correctly the site, and everything runs OK O_O
What is happened to Apache???
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| Davide Bianchi 2007-01-18, 1:19 pm |
| On 2007-01-18, Massimo Soricetti <max-67@libero.it> wrote:
> What is happened to Apache???
You tell us, you can check what changes have been made to the config.
can't you?
D.
--
SETI@home:
That would be on the "Let's look for intelligence out there, because there's
none here" principle?
-- Paul Tomblin
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| Massimo Soricetti 2007-01-18, 7:24 pm |
| Davide Bianchi ha scritto:
> On 2007-01-18, Massimo Soricetti <max-67@libero.it> wrote:
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> You tell us, you can check what changes have been made to the config.
> can't you?
Cannot :-(
I did many trials on almost any config file and (yes, me bad) didn't
backup them before... so I have no way to tell how they were.
However, the problem must be in the site's <virtualhost> section, since
other php sites in the same server (other virtualhosts) works fine.
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| Davide Bianchi 2007-01-19, 7:24 am |
| On 2007-01-19, Massimo Soricetti <max-67@libero.it> wrote:
> However, the problem must be in the site's <virtualhost> section, since
> other php sites in the same server (other virtualhosts) works fine.
The same site works fine with other browser too, doesn't it?
Davide
--
This fortune does not require Microsoft Windows.
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| Massimo Soricetti 2007-01-19, 7:24 am |
| Davide Bianchi ha scritto:
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> The same site works fine with other browser too, doesn't it?
Yes. I know what you are thinking - cut & paste the working virtualhost
section - I tried this too. No good.
Browsing the firefox-broken site with Lynx (works fine even with it), it
asks me to accept two cookies, one of them is a 10-char random string
.... hmmm maybe firefox takes this as name of the file to download. But why??
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| Davide Bianchi 2007-01-19, 7:24 am |
| On 2007-01-19, Massimo Soricetti <max-67@libero.it> wrote:
> Yes. I know what you are thinking - cut & paste the working virtualhost
> section - I tried this too. No good.
Actually I was thinking more along the line of 'if it works with
browser X and Y, and doesn't with browser Z, the problem is in the
browser, not in the site'...
> ... hmmm maybe firefox takes this as name of the file to download. But why??
Have you tried blasting firefox configuration in the PC and starting with
a new fresh configuration? (aka: concentrate on the client, not on the
server).
Davide
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MS and Y2K: Windows 95, 98, ... and back again to 01
-- Laurent Szyster
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| Massimo Soricetti 2007-01-19, 7:24 am |
| Davide Bianchi ha scritto:
> Have you tried blasting firefox configuration in the PC and starting with
> a new fresh configuration? (aka: concentrate on the client, not on the
> server).
I didn't tried this yet, for two reasons:
1) firefox worked well before;
2) third party (a.k.a. site users & visitors) reports they can't see the
site as well: obviously I can't go there and tinker with THEIR firefox...
fyi:
www.eduline.it is the firefox-broken one;
ecdl.eduline.it is the full-working one.
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| Davide Bianchi 2007-01-19, 7:24 am |
| On 2007-01-19, Massimo Soricetti <max-67@libero.it> wrote:
> 2) third party (a.k.a. site users & visitors) reports they can't see the
> site as well: obviously I can't go there and tinker with THEIR firefox...
Ok, this bit was missing in the beginning, I thought you were referring
to a test site, not a production one. At this point the problem seems / could
be some handling for specific browsers, like the bits handling the
'DAV' methods:
BrowserMatch "Microsoft Data Access Internet Publishing Provider" redirect-carefully
BrowserMatch "^WebDrive" redirect-carefully
BrowserMatch "^WebDAVFS/1.[012]" redirect-carefully
BrowserMatch "^gnome-vfs" redirect-carefully
Maybe you can post somewhere your configuration so we can have a look at it?
> fyi:
> www.eduline.it is the firefox-broken one;
This looks fine in *my* firefox. Everything seems working.
> ecdl.eduline.it is the full-working one.
Even this looks fine. Actually, they looks identical.
Davide
--
Linux: The choice of a GNU generation
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| Davide Bianchi 2007-01-19, 7:24 am |
| On 2007-01-19, Davide Bianchi <davideyeahsure@onlyforfun.net> wrote:
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> This looks fine in *my* firefox. Everything seems working.
Also checked with firefox on a Windows machine, still looks ok to me.
Davide
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When asked why he'd driven under the influence, the defendant splendidly
replied: "Because I'm a dickhead." "That I can't argue with," agreed the
beak. --from 'the register'
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| Massimo Soricetti 2007-01-19, 7:24 am |
| Davide Bianchi ha scritto:
> Also checked with firefox on a Windows machine, still looks ok to me.
> Davide
Problem solved. No idea of which of the many config changes did the
trick though o_O
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| Massimo Soricetti 2007-01-19, 7:24 am |
| P.S.
Thank you
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| Davide Bianchi 2007-01-19, 7:24 am |
| Organization: A very badly organized place
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On 2007-01-19, Massimo Soricetti <max-67@libero.it> wrote:
> Problem solved. No idea of which of the many config changes did the
> trick though o_O
Good. Now. Take a backup of the config file. Now!
Davide
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and populated mostly by dinosaurs, the other is a Steven Spielberg movie.
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| shimmyshack 2007-01-19, 7:24 am |
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On Jan 19, 11:41 am, Davide Bianchi <davideyeahs...@onlyforfun.net>
wrote:
> On 2007-01-19, Massimo Soricetti <max...@libero.it> wrote:
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> to a test site, not a production one. At this point the problem seems / could
> be some handling for specific browsers, like the bits handling the
> 'DAV' methods:
>
> BrowserMatch "Microsoft Data Access Internet Publishing Provider" redirect-carefully
> BrowserMatch "^WebDrive" redirect-carefully
> BrowserMatch "^WebDAVFS/1.[012]" redirect-carefully
> BrowserMatch "^gnome-vfs" redirect-carefully
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> Maybe you can post somewhere your configuration so we can have a look at it?
>
>
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> Davide
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> --
> Linux: The choice of a GNU generation
I also can see nothing wrong, the headers look ok.
checked (with and without the index.php) using
xp pro sp2: Firefox 2.0.0.1 & 1.5.0.9, Opera 9.02 & 9.10, IE6
linux: 2.0.0.1
(I tested your site through a sesitive proxy which did not detect any
errors in protocols, content lengths etc... either)
i suggest unless you can post your vhost stanza here, that you contact
moodle support for further help. These kind of issues can crop up when
using popular 3rd party php applications, and the best forum for help
would be the moddle forum where a coding bug will make the user group
unhappy. Any application which doesnt conform to standards might
exhibit different behaviour in different browsers. But in general if it
aint working in Opera or FF, then you have found a serious bug worth
fixing. It could for instance be a theme issue or a plugin ... all
application dependent, changing the Apache config may have just
revealed this, unless you added a browser dependent section in your
vhost stanza!
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| Massimo Soricetti 2007-01-19, 1:19 pm |
| shimmyshack ha scritto:
> i suggest unless you can post your vhost stanza here, that you contact
> moodle support for further help. These kind of issues can crop up when
> using popular 3rd party php applications, and the best forum for help
> would be the moddle forum where a coding bug will make the user group
> unhappy. Any application which doesnt conform to standards might
> exhibit different behaviour in different browsers. But in general if it
> aint working in Opera or FF, then you have found a serious bug worth
> fixing. It could for instance be a theme issue or a plugin ... all
> application dependent, changing the Apache config may have just
> revealed this, unless you added a browser dependent section in your
> vhost stanza!
I already did it for other things (asking for help in moodle community),
but the commoners there are mostly teachers & non-techies and not very
helpful on this matter.
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| KenShail 2007-01-20, 7:23 am |
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Massimo Soricetti wrote:
> shimmyshack ha scritto:
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> I already did it for other things (asking for help in moodle community),
> but the commoners there are mostly teachers & non-techies and not very
> helpful on this matter.
Hows about using scientific method: I.E. Make one change at a time and
test it before making the next change. Takes a long time ? Well how
much time has this taken so far and how many people has it got involved.
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