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Forum search gives blank page.
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Forum search gives blank page.
I am running Mate 1.20.4 under Debian 10 Buster. Today I attempted to search in the forums. The search simply times out and delivers a blank page. I have tried several forums (including this one) and they all behave in the same way. I am logged in for these searches.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
Geoff
Re: Forum search gives blank page.
I just checked. It is happening to me too. Blank search page.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Hey Donald !!!!
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Hey Donald !!!!
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Re: Forum search gives blank page.
Which theme are you both using?
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"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
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Re: Forum search gives blank page.
Is it still happening?
Results from my side:
Logged in with AllanStyle Subsilver:
Private window not logged in, AllanStyle Subsilver:
Results from my side:
Logged in with AllanStyle Subsilver:
Private window not logged in, AllanStyle Subsilver:
Typo perfectionish.
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
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Re: Forum search gives blank page.
Search is working for me. Both by search keyword and author. Also using the Subsilver
Criteria used: keyword debian
Author: donald
Criteria used: keyword debian
Author: donald
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Re: Forum search gives blank page.
Strange. If I search for "search" it works
If I search for "fstab" it fails
If I search for "fstab" it fails
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Re: Forum search gives blank page.
I agree there also. Using fstab as a key word search (leaving all bits set to the default) I too get a blank page
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Re: Forum search gives blank page.
Weird. It seems some words aren't found. fstab is also a blank page for me.
Tried "fstabb"
Tried "firmware"
Still hunting for the issue.
Typo perfectionish.
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
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Re: Forum search gives blank page.
I do not believe so, the forums should respond with a "0" results found page like one of the screen captures above shows.
This is a blank empty page.
I did view html page and for a search it looks like this: You can skip it all, the input search in on line #61
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html dir="ltr" lang="en-gb">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
<title>(1) Debian User Forums - Search</title>
<!--
phpBB style name: Allan Style - SUBSILVER
Based on style: prosilver (this is the default phpBB3 style)
Based on style: subsilver2 (this is the default phpBB3 style)
Original author: Tom Beddard ( http://www.subBlue.com/ )
Modified by old: Merlin, Allan
Modified by : SKRS
-->
<link href="./assets/css/font-awesome.min.css?assets_version=36" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="./styles/AllanStyle-SUBSILVER/theme/stylesheet.css?assets_version=36" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="./styles/AllanStyle-SUBSILVER/theme/en/stylesheet.css?assets_version=36" rel="stylesheet">
<!--[if lte IE 9]>
<link href="./styles/AllanStyle-SUBSILVER/theme/tweaks.css?assets_version=36" rel="stylesheet">
<![endif]-->
<style type="text/css">
.mention {
color: #ff0000;
}
</style>
<link href="./ext/paul999/mention/styles/all/theme/mention.css?assets_version=36" rel="stylesheet" media="screen" />
<link href="./ext/vse/topicpreview/styles/all/theme/light.css?assets_version=36" rel="stylesheet" media="screen" />
</head>
<body id="phpbb" class="nojs notouch section-search ltr ">
<div id="header-subsilver">
<a id="top" class="top-anchor" accesskey="t"></a>
<div class="headerbar" role="banner">
<div class="inner">
<div id="site-description" class="site-description">
<a id="logo" class="logo" href="./index.php" title="Board index"><span class="site_logo"></span></a>
<h1>Debian User Forums</h1>
<p></p>
<p class="skiplink"><a href="#start_here">Skip to content</a></p>
</div>
<div id="search-box" class="search-box search-header" role="search">
<form action="./search.php" method="get" id="search">
<fieldset>
<input name="keywords" id="keywords" type="search" maxlength="128" title="Search for keywords" class="inputbox search tiny" size="20" value="firmware" placeholder="Search…" />
<button class="button button-search" type="submit" title="Search">
<i class="icon fa-search fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Search</span>
</button>
<a href="./search.php" class="button button-search-end" title="Advanced search">
<i class="icon fa-cog fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Advanced search</span>
</a>
Still looking.
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"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
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Re: Forum search gives blank page.
Update:
Some PHP errors are suppressed by way of a blank page, looking into the server log it appears to be for searches over a set about of seconds. This may have been from one of the updates from 10 to 11. I will continue looking into it, may need to make a small change to a value.
Some PHP errors are suppressed by way of a blank page, looking into the server log it appears to be for searches over a set about of seconds. This may have been from one of the updates from 10 to 11. I will continue looking into it, may need to make a small change to a value.
Typo perfectionish.
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
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Re: Forum search gives blank page.
LOL - I'm trying just about anything (gumby, skippy, poop) and searches are working quite well. Trying to hit a blank page (of course, I'm not being overly creative with criteria either)
But it seems like you are on to something, donald so I'll gracefully bow out
But it seems like you are on to something, donald so I'll gracefully bow out
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Re: Forum search gives blank page.
We are still planning for the update this weekend, viewtopic.php?f=12&t=152922.
During the update we can review the PHP stuff to see if the error is the forum software needing an update or if it was the server OS update.
Will still investigate in the meantime. Thank you all for the heads up.
During the update we can review the PHP stuff to see if the error is the forum software needing an update or if it was the server OS update.
Will still investigate in the meantime. Thank you all for the heads up.
Typo perfectionish.
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
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Re: Forum search gives blank page.
Thanks all for your tests which seem to give mixed results. For the record I did not use any key words, am logged in, and have just tried searching for 'thunderbird problems' - getting a blank page. So I will go and post there as that started it all.
Geoff
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Re: Forum search gives blank page.
Everything seems to be in working order:
@geoffkaniuk
@cds60601
@geoffkaniuk
@cds60601
Typo perfectionish.
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
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Re: Forum search gives blank page.
I mentioned that the trigger for this post was several issues in Thunderbird. It turns out that the issue was due to automatic changes in the theme, and I have now changed theme to resolve those. This also resolved the forum search failure issue. I have now tested forum search with several standard themes in the Mate desktop, and yes they now all work. But in some of them the Thunderbird issues return. It has been suggested that all these issues are related to the GTK2->GTK3 switch.
Geoff