Anyone having trouble posting with Firefox + OSX?

**Crags** · 21st March 2005

Hi guys - anyone else having trouble with Firefox and OSX? Just recently, whenever I use the full reply box or try to start a new topic (quick reply is fine) the actual box to type stuff into doesn't appear, only the orangy background box where I would presume the iFrame of content is meant to appear.

Is it just my version?

**Nookie_Bear** · 21st March 2005

Originally Posted by Mingebucket

Hi guys - anyone else having trouble with Firefox and OSX? Just recently, whenever I use the full reply box or try to start a new topic (quick reply is fine) the actual box to type stuff into doesn't appear, only the orangy background box where I would presume the iFrame of content is meant to appear.

Is it just my version?

Posted with OSX 10.3.8 and Firefox 1.0
Full reply with enhanced editor.

You could try switching to plain editor mode and see if your setup handles that.
Otherwise I reckon you might have snafued your firefox m8.

HTH

**Nookie_Bear** · 21st March 2005

(Back in Safari)

It seems Firefox 1.0pre uses an user-agent string which vbulletin interprets incorrectly. If you are using 1.0PRE I would imagine that if you upgrade to 1.0 proper release this would solve it (as my above post worked!)

HTH some more.

**Shambles** · 21st March 2005

.. good advice Nookie, or get User Agent Switcher 0.6.3 extension.

**Crags** · 21st March 2005

Yeah I was using 1.0.1 US - it worked fine for ages, then just seemed to take a shit and stop. It was also corrupting images on download (forum logo etc) and missing peoples avatars and what not, so I just downloaded the 1.0.1 British version (yay Brits) and I'll give that a wazz later (at home now on a Faeces).

Thanks for the replies though guys - much appreciated.

**maltloaf** · 21st March 2005

im using 1.0.1 US in 10.3.8 and have no problems posting. I do see some odd sizing here and there and some sigs overspill their box but nothing else.

**Crags** · 22nd March 2005

Well, using the 1.0.1 British version now and everything seems to be okay - I musta just corrupted me Firefox somehow - although to be honest I think the ATA on this machine is shot to shit - need a card me thinks, get quite a few (-36) errors, even though I know the drive is sound.

**Nookie_Bear** · 22nd March 2005

Originally Posted by Mingebucket

Well, using the 1.0.1 British version now and everything seems to be okay - I musta just corrupted me Firefox somehow - although to be honest I think the ATA on this machine is shot to shit - need a card me thinks, get quite a few (-36) errors, even though I know the drive is sound.

(-36 = I/O error (bummers) ) according to Apple themselves

You aren't using a Yosemite (B&W g3) revision 1 are you m8, they had really bad firmware for the ide drives.

(Even the rev2 can have bad problems if you put in a slave drive)

**Crags** · 22nd March 2005

I am actually Nookie yeah - I look around the net a while back - seems it's only on larger HD's (I've put in a 120gb) and i also read somewhere that a new ATA card can sort the problems out - you know anything more about it?

Firmware has been updated but not recently, and I dont think theres any more revisions for it. Thanks again for the info mate... K

**Nookie_Bear** · 22nd March 2005

Originally Posted by Mingebucket

I am actually Nookie yeah - I look around the net a while back - seems it's only on larger HD's (I've put in a 120gb) and i also read somewhere that a new ATA card can sort the problems out - you know anything more about it?

Firmware has been updated but not recently, and I dont think theres any more revisions for it. Thanks again for the info mate... K

I bought a 2nd hand B&W to use as a webserver, I put in a few drives, and basically had very little luck with them. It's got a 30gig in now (mine's rev2) and it seems to be ok (though adding a slave f*cks things up).

I heard some makes of drive are better than others, but again, mine's working with 30gig just now, and that's all I need as it's only a web/mail server.

I've read that a adding a PCI card would work, but have no personal expereince with that.

Alternatively, and this is a really silly solution, you could put the 120gig drive in a firewire enclosure for very little money, and just have a small 4-8gig system disk inside the case.

[or buy a 2nd hand G4 rev 1 (2nd chance pcs usually have them - and it's better than ebay as they have to offer a waranty on them)]

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

**Crags** · 22nd March 2005

No problem Nookie, that's great info there. Yeah apparently it's comfortable up to 30Gb then anything over that it starts to shit it's pants. It's fine generally, with the odd glitch, but Photoshop just wont do anything before it craps out - and being a digital designer, not exactly good lol.

I'll look into the ATA card thing but over 100 notes seems a bit much to fix a piss week problem. Ahh well.

edit: tried to give you more K but it told me off, need to spread the luuurve

**maltloaf** · 22nd March 2005

ok fellas what macs do you have.. i'll list mine as briefly as i can...

Powerbook G4 15" 1.5GHz
iBook 466MHz graphite clamshell
Powerbook 1400C G3 333MHz
Powerbook G3 (Wallstreet) 300MHz
Powerbook G3 (Wallstreet) 450MHz
iBook G3 300 MHz tangerine (x2)
PowerMac b&w G3 350MHz
PowerMac G4 733MHz Quicksilver
PowerMac G4 500MHz
iMac G3 500MHz indigo
7 or 8 imac g3 from 300 to 400 MHz
iMac G5 1.8GHz motherboard - converted to work as a full desktop system (no internal display)

just sold my cube (G4 450) and the mac mini went faulty !

As you may guess I buy and sell these so lemme know if you're after any mac stuff.. I've got some good contacts !

**Crags** · 22nd March 2005

Bloody hell!

I've got 2 B&W G3 (Rev 1 and Rev 2)
G5 dual 2Ghz
a Mac Mini for music gear at home
iMac G5 1.8 for the missus (as well as her laptop, she bloody bleeds me dry)
an old 7600 (print server) lol and a 4400/200 - email server.

Malt - what kinda price for the G5's are you doing - basic spec, not DP or anything, just a standard 1.8 would do, it's only for a mate.

**maltloaf** · 22nd March 2005

theyre still pretty inflated.. getting some good deals on g4 powermacs 867 and higher at the mo...

A g5 1.6 or 1.8 with run u between 800 and 1100 depending on spec.

I * might * be selling the imac g5 conversion when ive finished casing it up etc. its a nice spec 120GB dvd-r 768MB etc.

**Crags** · 22nd March 2005

Good deals such as?...

**Nookie_Bear** · 22nd March 2005

Originally Posted by maltloaf

ok fellas what macs do you have.. i'll list mine as briefly as i can...

....

As you may guess I buy and sell these so lemme know if you're after any mac stuff.. I've got some good contacts !

Since I left my job in Aberdeen, I've been dossing around, but am about to get into buying, selling and supporting macs over in northern ireland, so I *will* come calling m8.

At the moment I only have :-

Colour Classic
Se/30 with asante ethernet card
B&W g3 (rev 2)
G4 (pci graphics)
iBook (dual usb 600MHz) [above 3 through a belkin usb kvm]
LCII (in bits)

my dad just got back my original rev A bondi imac from the bloke he sold it too years ago

and I've still got an upgrade daughter card for it somewhere - thing is it stops the usb working with anything other than the keyboard after I put it in !!
I have to sell my spare car before I get my dual G5 and mac mini.

I've also still got my trusty newton 2100 - best pda ever made and handwriting recognition has never been bettered (I.e. don't have to learn f*cking grafiti)