Margo Guda wrote: > > > Phillip Jones wrote: >> Margo Guda wrote: >>> >>> >>> Phillip Jones wrote: >>>> Margo Guda wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Phillip Jones wrote: >>>>>> Margo Guda wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Phillip Jones wrote: >>>>>>>> Margo Guda wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Phillip Jones wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Margo Guda wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Not too long ago, I wrote about a problem when starting SM2.01 >>>>>>>>>>> where I >>>>>>>>>>> would >>>>>>>>>>> not get my home pages loaded. It seemed to resolve itself >>>>>>>>>>> when I >>>>>>>>>>> did a >>>>>>>>>>> disk >>>>>>>>>>> clean. >>>>>>>>>>> However, the problem is back, and it is worse than ever. >>>>>>>>>>> Whatever startup option, either for the browser startup or just >>>>>>>>>>> a new >>>>>>>>>>> window, and whatever option - home page, current selected >>>>>>>>>>> group of >>>>>>>>>>> tabs, >>>>>>>>>>> previous session... - all of them produce only a single blank >>>>>>>>>>> tab. The >>>>>>>>>>> same >>>>>>>>>>> thing happens when I try to open a link from my desktop or from >>>>>>>>>>> another >>>>>>>>>>> program. Or when I click on a saved web page. >>>>>>>>>>> What's worse is I then tried to create a new profile and see if >>>>>>>>>>> it the >>>>>>>>>>> problem persisted. The first time I started SM in this new >>>>>>>>>>> profile it >>>>>>>>>>> ran as >>>>>>>>>>> expected. There was of course no home page, so I set one and >>>>>>>>>>> tried to >>>>>>>>>>> restart SM. NOTHING at all happened. It would not even bring >>>>>>>>>>> up the >>>>>>>>>>> profile >>>>>>>>>>> manager. Reinstalling also did not help. What finally >>>>>>>>>>> brought SM >>>>>>>>>>> back >>>>>>>>>>> up was >>>>>>>>>>> removing the profiles.ini file from the profiles directory. The >>>>>>>>>>> newly >>>>>>>>>>> created profile has the same problem as the old one, so I had >>>>>>>>>>> the new >>>>>>>>>>> profiles.ini reference my existing profile and removed the two >>>>>>>>>>> other >>>>>>>>>>> ones. >>>>>>>>>>> I have now tried to install an extra copy of SM in a new >>>>>>>>>>> location. I'm >>>>>>>>>>> getting the same results. Can anyone help me? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Its a Bug. >>>>>>>>>> there are two ways it will happen. you can over come it but it >>>>>>>>>> always >>>>>>>>>> comes back. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> If you happen to not have Preference> Appearance> Browser and >>>>>>>>>> Mail& >>>>>>>>>> news both checked. It is guaranteed that you will see this. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> And when you go to the section Browser make sure that the name >>>>>>>>>> for your >>>>>>>>>> Home page doesn't have an extra space. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I do have both Browser and Mail&News checked. and both of them do >>>>>>>>> start up. >>>>>>>>> And I do have the problem. Not only when starting, but any new >>>>>>>>> browser >>>>>>>>> window. >>>>>>>>> In about:config I cannot find any extra spaces in my home page >>>>>>>>> names. Is >>>>>>>>> there another place I should check where an extra space could be >>>>>>>>> hiding? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If it's a bug that can be overcome I could live with it but now >>>>>>>>> it's >>>>>>>>> really >>>>>>>>> bothersome. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Margo >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Try go to your home page after seeing about:blank >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> then try going to Preferences> Browser in the new Box for desired >>>>>>>> page >>>>>>>> delete the URL for your home page remove all characters including >>>>>>>> spaces >>>>>>>> and any returns. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> next click use click use current page. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> next quit out preferences. Quit out of SeaMonkey. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> restart SeaMonkey. Should go to your home page. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> should last about next 10 or so start ups. and you'll have to >>>>>>>> do it >>>>>>>> again. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> No such luck. I never got to my homepage. It just starts with the >>>>>>> blank tab. >>>>>> >>>>>> Put in your home page where the about:blank is then go to it. The >>>>>> go to >>>>>> preference Browser and set up your Home page. >>>>>> >>>>> I don't follow this last instruction. When I start up the browser, or >>>>> a new >>>>> window, the blank tab shows about:blank as its location. But this is >>>>> not >>>>> listed in my preferences as the home page. I have a group of tabs, >>>>> and >>>>> those >>>>> are all in the list. I did what you suggested earlier, and edited >>>>> that >>>>> box, >>>>> and used the current page as my home page. (blank). Then I found my >>>>> tabs >>>>> again and loaded them, and again made the current group my home page. >>>>> Between each such change I OKed out of preferences then out of SM, >>>>> and >>>>> restarted. The only thing I ever see is the about:blank tab I >>>>> described. >>>>> BTW I have also tried - in yet another location - a later version, >>>>> 2.1 >>>>> a1pre. I tried it with the same profile. Here, there is no problem >>>>> with the >>>>> home page loading or the back navigation button working. I am not >>>>> convinced >>>>> I'll switch though, as too many add-ons are not compatible. >>>> >>>> >>>> In The go to box (window) where about:blank type in your Homepage URL >>>> (example: in place of about:blank type http://www.kimbanet.com >>>> (using my >>>> ISP in the example) >>>> Hit return. >>>> wait for home page to load >>>> go to preferences> Browser and in the Home page box delete what's >>>> there. then click on use current page. >>>> >>>> >>> The go to box is BLANK. It's when I hover over the tab title that in >>> the >>> statusbar the about:blank appears. The home page contains the tabs I >>> have defined as such. When I press the HOME button on my navigator >>> toolbar SM loads them all, no problem. >>> I think the situation you assume is different from my problem. The home >>> page definition is not overwritten, as far as I can tell. SM just does >>> not load the home page when I open a new window, either by >>> doubleclicking a file or link on my computer when it's not yet running, >>> when I click its icon to start SM, or, from the menu or the statusbar >>> browser icon open a new window when SM is already running. >>> And of course, the old install does not even start with more than one >>> profile in the profiles directory. >> >> Type your home page URL in the blank go box then hit return. Then follow >> the rest of my direction. >> > I get the same result I did previously. One interesting thing is now > all of a sudden the go box stays blank - or shows the last typed-in > address, even when it is browsing a completely different address. Have you done a virus scan?
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