Re: Google search doesn't work FF 3.6.6
Daddy
> I recently switched from Seamonkey after 7 long years. Now using
> TB and FF instead.
>
> Firefox 3.6.6 on WinXP. Adblock+ and Download Statusbar.
>
> Just in the last 2 days if I type in (for example) "vermacelli"
> Google asks "Did you mean "Vermicelli". I click that link,
> nothing happens. It doesn't appear to send the request. If I
> click reload (from the FF toolbar), the click acts as if it took
> place and loads the correct search results as if it had corrected
> my spelling.
>
> Other times I type in a search request and press enter, and nada.
> The same search results from the last search are still on the
> screen (totally unrelated search). Again, it doesn't seem to even
> send the request. Pressing enter or the Google "Search" button
> does not do anything. Like so: ("I hate google" was my last
> search, "I love google is my current search that goes nowhere
> unless I hit "Reload")
>
> http://i45.tinypic.com/1zeno2.jpg
> (Notice the new search term embedded in the URL bar)
>
> This has only started happening the last 2 days out of the 16 days
> I've been using Firefox. Very, Very frustrating. I've rebooted
> machine a couple times and of course shutdown and restarted
> firefox a dozen times since this started.
>
> Anybody throw me a bone? Otherwise my crystal ball is telling me
> Opera or even Lynx may be in my near future.
>
> -sw
All I can tell you is: No such problem here. So I don't think Firefox is
to blame.
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Daddy
Tarkus
> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:28:40 -0400, Daddy wrote:
>
>> > All I can tell you is: No such problem here. So I don't think Firefox is
>> > to blame.
> my other applications flawlessly.
>
> I think it's more likely that Firefox is not sending the request
> or is closing the socket before it gets an answer.
>
> I have just deleted all my Google cookies and have disabled
> Adblock+. The Adblock+ subscription list was updated 2 days ago,
> but this behavior is erratic and not consistent, which kinda makes
> me rule out a bad blacklist in Adblock+.
Are you using a JavaScript blocker?
mixer440
FF 3.6.6
Win7 x64
Google will not search (or display the results of a new search) unless
you hit the "Reload" button. No problems with any other search
engine.
mixer440
And I have tried the solution to delete the search file in %APPDATA%
\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
Ron Hunter
The usual process. Clear cache, use 'safe mode', make a new profile.
Ron Hunter
> On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:35:02 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote:
>
>> The usual process. Clear cache, use 'safe mode', make a new profile.
>
> solution to everything was "make a new profile". If I have to
> create a new profile every 2 weeks to fix problems I'm simply not
> going to continue using the software.
>
> What exactly is involved in the FF Fire Drill? I didn't even know
> it had profiles.
>
> -sw
The idea is to follow the process. First try clearing the cache, then
try 'safe mode', which disables the extensions, and if that doesn't
work, then try a new profile. Just as uninstalled programs often leave
things in the Windows Registry that are no longer needed, old extensions
often change things in the Firefox Profile that are left behind when the
extension is deleted. Sometimes those leftovers can lead to problems,
thus the need to try a new profile if a problem seems to be resistant to
other remedies. It is NOT a common thing to have a problem that needs
this level of remediation.
David McRitchie
> Google asks "Did you mean "Vermicelli". I click that link,
> nothing happens. It doesn't appear to send the request. If I
> click reload (from the FF toolbar), the click acts as if it took
> place and loads the correct search results as if it had corrected
> my spelling.
>
> Other times I type in a search request and press enter, and nada.
> The same search results from the last search are still on the
> screen (totally unrelated search). Again, it doesn't seem to even
> send the request. Pressing enter or the Google "Search" button
> does not do anything. Like so: ("I hate google" was my last
> search, "I love google is my current search that goes nowhere
> unless I hit "Reload")
>
> http://i45.tinypic.com/1zeno2.jpg
> (Notice the new search term embedded in the URL bar)
>
> This has only started happening the last 2 days out of the 16 days
> I've been using Firefox. Very, Very frustrating. I've rebooted
> machine a couple times and of course shutdown and restarted
> firefox a dozen times since this started.
Did you try your search in another browser.
The picture, http://i45.tinypic.com/1zeno2.jpg, you included was for a different search that worked.
So I guess the search you used based on picture would have
generated for the original search for vermacelli
(1) http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=vermacelli&aq=f&aql=&oq&gs_rfai=&fp=dd2d1939af06a5a
Although that works for me, if I used the search box, which it appears you might not have
because the search box in your picture is empty, I would have generated
(2) http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vermacelli&btnG=Google%20Search&sourceid=Mozilla-search
Which works, shows the corrected spelling. Same for if I used keyword for search
(3) http://www.google.com/search?q=vermacelli++++-hth+-vbulletin+-inurl%3Aforum+-training.available+-shop.now
For keyword.URL in about:config, I have
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
what do you have?
I don't know where you are getting what looks like a partnership search from, even
though it does work for me. You just might be hitting a bad Google server, if that was the case
you'd probably be okay today. Also check http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions
See if (2) and (3) work for you, don't forget to tell us what you have for keyword.URL
Pavel Verevkin
Same here.