[hobbit] Strange "problem" with refreshes

Josh Luthman josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
Fri Oct 26 21:38:12 CEST 2007


So you're telling us that the only variable you changed was SSL and it
worked perfectly?

Very odd...

On 10/26/07, Scott Wilson <swilson at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
> I found the answer.  It's pretty simple really...
>
> I was using SSL with my hobbit server.  With SSL'ed web pages, refreshes
> force you back to the top of the page.  NonSSL'ed web pages (which I had
> totally disabled) work fine.
>
> Now I just need to hack up the header files so the secure areas point to
> SSL even when I'm looking at the nonSSL pages.  But as I already ran into
> the header files while debugging this, that should be trivial.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
>
> Scott Wilson                    Lead System Administrator
> swilson at uchicago.edu            NSIT - DCS - SeaSol
>
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Josh Luthman wrote:
>
> > I am using this for an Apache server:
> >
> > Server version: Apache/2.2.3
> > Server built:   Jun 26 2007 19:26:32
> >
> > Latest and greatest package from the default repo's.  Using CentOS 5
> (which
> > is RHEL based).
> >
> > I honestly have no idea how the page stays position.  It has to do
> something
> > along the lines of cache, but that is a client side thing so...my ideas
> stop
> > here =(
> >
> > Please let us know what you come up with.  I know I would like to know
> the
> > resolution to this.
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > On 10/26/07, Scott Wilson <swilson at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Brilliant thought....
> >>
> >> The demo does maintain position exactly as I want.  So it definitely
> isn't
> >> hobbit in general.  My best guess now is it somehow lies in my Apache.
> >> That's just RedHat's stock Apache 2.0.52, but it may be related to a
> >> module (I shutoff the mods I wasn't using).... at least I have
> something
> >> to poke at now....
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Scott Wilson                    Lead System Administrator
> >> swilson at uchicago.edu            NSIT - DCS - SeaSol
> >>
> >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Josh Luthman wrote:
> >>
> >>> Troubleshooting technique!
> >>>
> >>> Use the Hobbitmon demo on the project page.  This was the only page
> long
> >>> enough (for me - 1680x1050 resolution) for me to scroll down and
> >> maintain my
> >>> position.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/services/services.html
> >>>
> >>> Does this maintain position for you, Scott?
> >>>
> >>> My client: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8)
> >>> Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8
> >>>
> >>> On 10/26/07, Hobbit User <hobbit at epperson.homelinux.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, October 26, 2007 11:48, Scott Wilson wrote:
> >>>>> What is the behavior for others?  Do others not get forced to the
> top
> >>>> upon
> >>>>> refresh.  (Automatic or manual has the same behavior.)
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Firefox 1.5.0.12 on Centos EL5 maintains position on refresh.
> >>>>
> >>>> Help-->About Firefox: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:
> >> 1.8.0.12)
> >>>> Gecko/20070719 CentOS/1.5.0.12-3.el5.centos
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >>>
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> >>> --- Henry Spencer
> >>>
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Josh Luthman
> > Office: 937-552-2340
> > Direct: 937-552-2343
> > 1100 Wayne St
> > Suite 1337
> > Troy, OH 45373
> >
> > Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> > --- Henry Spencer
> >
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Josh Luthman
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Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
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