RE: MS-IE6 gpf when viewing Debian web pages

["Offer Kaye" <oferk@oren.co.il>]

Allan,
I'm using IE 5, specifically 5.00.3105.0106, and I have no problems with the
Debian web pages- perhaps you should "downgrade" from IE6 to IE5...

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Offer Kaye
Analog Circuit Design Engineer
Oren Semiconductor
oferk@oren.co.il
Tel: +972-4-9095555 ext. 1-309
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A Kerr [mailto:akerr63@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 4:47 AM
> To: debian-www@lists.debian.org
> Subject: MS-IE6 gpf when viewing Debian web pages
>
>
> To Debian Web Authors,
>
> While viewing any Debian web page with the multi-language links at the
> bottom, when my MS-IE6 browser tries to render the portion of the page
> showing links to other languages i.e. "This page is also available in
> the following languages:", I get a "IEXPLORE caused a general protection
> fault in module <unknown> at 0000:0001f929".
> [This is making it hard to read your pages!]
>
> The problem seems to be the Korean link, and specifically the three
> &#nnnnn characters.  I've copied the text below (inserting spaces and
> mangling the html in case you are using web e-mail readers and this
> causes you problems):
>
>     {A title=Korean
>     href="http : / / www . debian . org / contact . ko . html " }
>     &#54620;&#44397;&#50612;
>     &nbsp;
>     (Hangul)
>     {/A}
>     &nbsp;
>
> Deleting only the three &#nnnnn characters stops the error from
> occuring.
>
> Are you able to recode your pages to work round this (presumably MS-IE)
> issue?   I'll forward a similar message to MS if I can find a support
> e-mail address for them that I don't have to pay for.  (I've checked the
> web and cannot locate this message on any web pages).
>
> My environment (if it helps is):
>     MS-Windows98 (first edition, with all current patches)
>     Microsoft Internet Explorer v6.0.2600.0000 ;Q312461 ;Q313675 (i.e.
> all current patches)
>     I have font download disabled
>
> I'm willing to test any fix you come up with.
>
> Allan
> akerr63@earthlink.net
>
>
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