[GRLUG] KDE question (google maps)

[Rick Vargo]

Along with checking your cookie settings, try emptying the cache and
clearing the history and then restart Firefox.  Sometime a cache can get
corrupted.

Rick


On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 17:13 -0700, Dave Kedron wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> 
> Just an update on the google maps issue...  Running the command Topher
> suggested -ProfileManager, I created a new Profile (which didn't have
> any extensions) and google maps loaded up just fine.  I went back to
> my old profile, and I tried disabling my extensions one-by-one (I had
> 11 total installed, and you have to restart firefox each time) so I
> was hoping to catch the extension which was causing google maps to
> fail... but, even after all 11 were disabled, google maps was still
> not loading.
> 
> I guess if I wanted to take it farther, *I could* go back to the new
> profile, and load my extensions one by one again, and then if I have
> google maps working + all my extensions, then I could just switch
> profiles permanently.  However -- I think I might just leave it like
> this, and I'll just use -ProfileManger to get into a new profile when
> I need to use googlemaps.  (It's a lot easier than rebooting into
> windows anyway).
> 
> Okay thanks for the help guys -- I will let you know if there are any
> other issues that come up.  My only question now, is where can I get a
> 'powered by linux' t-shirt for the gym?
> 
> -Dave Kedron
> 
> Topher <topher at wcsg.org> wrote:
>         > I am running firefox 1.5.0.2 on Fedora Core 4. So... does
>         google maps 
>         > work on your firefox in linux then?
>         
>         Yes, it's always worked wonderfully.
>         
>         > (BTW, I also tried disabling adblock, and I also have
>         Noscript enabled 
>         > for google, other than that, I don't know of any other
>         extensions that 
>         > might stop googlemaps from working).
>         
>         Here are some things to try:
>         
>         In a terminal window, start up firefox with this:
>         firefox -ProfileManager
>         
>         and create a new profile. The new one won't have any
>         extensions at all. 
>         See if maps works with that. If it does , then I'd guess it's
>         one of your 
>         extensions.
>         
>         Another thing you can try is opening up the Javascript Console
>         (under the 
>         Tools menu) and seeing what errors come out of the google
>         page.
>         
>         Topher
>         Manager of Internet Services
>         Cornerstone University Radio
>         
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