Re: Can you launch URL from email application -- Problem Isolated and "solved"
On Friday 15 July 2005 11:33 pm, Kent West wrote:
> Benjamin Sher wrote:
> >On Friday 15 July 2005 10:21 pm, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> >>From: Kent West <westk@acu.edu>
> >>
> >>Benjamin Sher wrote:
> >>>I tested the URL again and here is what happened: When I click on the
> >>> URL, the box comes up. Normally, after a while I just get fed up and
> >>> shut it down. This time I decided to wait it out. At last, after an
> >>> eternity, two things happen: first I see the skeletal form of my home
> >>> page (no images), then, after another eternity, I see the site itself.
> >>> So, clearly, it's working but at a snail's pace. Here are the
> >>> screenshots as it happens:
> >>>
> >>>http://www.websher.net/temp/openURL2.jpg
> >>>http://www.websher.net/temp/openURL3.jpg
> >>>
> >>>The mail client is Kmail. The browser is Konqueror. Please remember that
> >>>it works perfectly well with Evolution and Thunderbird.
> >>
> >>And from your wife's account?
> >
> >A very good guess but not quite. I tested Kmail in my wife's account.
> > Exact same problem: first a box, then after quite a while you see the
> > outlines of my web site (i.e. sans the images), then in the progress bar
> > you can see 25%. Then, after another excruciating minute, the entire page
> > downloads. When it does, it looks fine. I am sure it's just a matter of
> > speed.
>
> I'd try using Konqueror directly, and manually typing in (or pasting)
> the address. If it still comes up slow, the problem is Konqueror, and
> Kmail is out of the equation. In that case, I'd probably try clearing
> out the cache, turning off Java/Javascript/Flash/etc, and trying that.
>
> --
> Kent
Dear David, Kent and friends:
The "URL won't launch problem is directly related to Konqueror, NOT to Kmail.
I tested a number of combinations and at last was able to prove this.
When I changed the html file association to Epiphany AND also selected
Epiphany as my browser of choice under Component Choice (KDE Components in
Control Center), the problem disappeared. I tested in Kmail, and Kmail
launched the URL instantly through Epiphany. It's clearly a Konqueror issue
because when I launch Konqueror by itself and try to access the same URL, it
takes an eternity (as already described). On the other hand, when I do the
same in Epiphany on its own, it launches it instantly.
So, clearly it's a Konqueror issue. Its rendering engine is very, very slow.
But that's not all. When I opened one of my web sites LOCALLY with Konqueror,
it launched the index.html file instantly. So somewhere between my computer
and the Internet Konqueror is enountering a serious problem.
Thank you all for your kind help with this issue.
Benjamin
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