Quoting Chuck_Sterling <csterlin@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Dave wrote: > > On Monday 27 December 2004 05:34 pm, John Cox wrote: > > > >>On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:28:18 -0800, Dave > <fedora-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > wrote: > > > >>>OK, here's an interesting glitch I have no clue about. Several > websites I > >>>tried today don't like Firefox. Trying to access www.sfbc.com > (Science > >>>Fiction Book Club), I get "Bad request. Your browser sent a query > this > >>>server could not understand." Trying to get to www.woodline.com > (router > >>>bits), I get just plain "Bad request" > > > > > >>I just got both with no problem. > > > > > > Very interesting ... I just found another one. My bank's web > banking page > > tells me I must use a browser with javascript enabled ... but > javascript IS > > enabled. And I can't find anywhere in the preferences how to change > which > > browser string Firefox returns. > > > > I'm running FC3, no updates. Fresh install. No browser extensions > or anything > > funky installed yet. On a whim, I enabled popup windows to see if > that > > affected anything. Nope. > > > > FC3 hates me. My sound card won't work. Shutdown doesn't work. > mp3's wouldn't > > work. My USB thumbdrive locks up the USB subsystem. One thing at a > time, > > though ... have to be able to browse ... > > > > Perhaps you should consider updating the entire distribution, if you > have not already done so. I was able to browse to www.sfbc.com with > no > problem; did not check the other. I'm currently using FF 1.0. Before > updating the distro, there were enough problems that I eventually > gave > up and went back to core 2 until I got DSL and could get the core 3 > update done overnight... > > Chuck You mention that you are running FC3 with no updates. I would definately update everything before trying to get things to work under FC3. I had sound issues as well as USB drive issues before I did that. I believe it is the udev package that you really need... Just my $0.02
