On Saturday 14 February 2009 06:18:49 Basil Chupin wrote:
Bob Williams wrote:
When I click on a link in an e-mail or mailing list message, such as
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
My default browser (Firefox) starts up and loads a cached copy of the page, rather than the online page itself. So the example given above, results in me looking at
file:///home/bob/.kde4/cache-barrowhillfarm/krun/6996.0.smart-questions.h tml
I can't remember when this started happening. I don't remember consciously changing any setting. Is there some way to get it back to loading the actual link address into the browser address bar?
Bob
You don't mention which version of Firefox nor which version of oS you are running;
Sorry. Firefox 3.0.6 The other info is in my sig... -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.1, Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-default, KDE 4.2.0 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9200GS
nevertheless, Firefox stores all webpages you access, and anything you download from the 'net like Youtube videos, in ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/Cache and when you request a webpage it brings up the one stored in Cache *if that page has not been updated by the URL the page came from*; if it has been updated then it will get the new page from the URL. In your case, what appears to be happening is that the page you have requested has not changed from the one you asked for at an earlier time.
No. My problem is not with revisiting pages that Firefox has stored in its cache. My problem occurs when I click on a link in an external program, such as KMail 1.11, which then opens Firefox (or whichever browser is set as my default) and loads a cached (in ~/.kde4/cache/..) vesion of the link I clicked on. IOW, my browser is showing me a local file, not a remote site on the web.
However, things can go wrong and one of the recognised fixes for suspect problems like the one you mention is to *delete* the directory 'Cache' (or its contents) - it will recreate itself automatically when you start Firefox.
I don't think this is relevant, for the reasons given above. [snipped irrelevant information on how to cover your tracks on the family computer, if you visit sites that you might be embarrassed to admit to] Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.1, Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-default, KDE 4.2.0 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9200GS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org