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Soupstuffs

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 42

Those darn 'JavaScript must be enabled' messages...

Hello everyone,

I love Arch Linux. It is sooooo amazingly fast on my laptop. There's only one problem. I used pacman to get jre-6-u-16-1 and I enabled javascript in Firefox, but I still keep getting 'Javascript must be enabled' messages on certain sites. Videos on Youtube work for example, but I can install plugins on the Mycroft Project. Does anyone know what my problem might be?

Thanks in advance
Soupstuffs

litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

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Re: Those darn 'JavaScript must be enabled' messages...

nvm..

Last edited by litemotiv (2009-09-25 19:11:59)

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Garns

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Registered: 2008-05-28

Posts: 239

Re: Those darn 'JavaScript must be enabled' messages...

Java != JavaScript

What you describe could happen due to a site checking the user agent. Open about:config and set general.useragent.extra.firefox to Firefox/$version instead of Shiretoko/$version.

We could do a lot more than guessing what the problem is, if you would provide a link to an offending site.

Soupstuffs

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 42

Re: Those darn 'JavaScript must be enabled' messages...

That didn't work. Thanks for the try, though.

One of the offending sites is the Mycroft Project.

Also: I have NoScripts installed, but all scripts are allowed globally right now.

flamelab

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Registered: 2007-12-26

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Re: Those darn 'JavaScript must be enabled' messages...

That didn't work. Thanks for the try, though.

One of the offending sites is the Mycroft Project.

Also: I have NoScripts installed, but all scripts are allowed globally right now.

I rebooted to Windows to see if it works, but in both Arch and Windows, it doesn't work. That webpage just doesn't work right.

Soupstuffs

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Registered: 2009-08-28

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Re: Those darn 'JavaScript must be enabled' messages...

Oh... That sucks. Thanks for helping!

kumyco

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Registered: 2008-06-23

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Re: Those darn 'JavaScript must be enabled' messages...

lol, do you mind supplying an alternative example?
I'm sure that page is what you get redirected(etc) when it cannot detect javascript.
This is evident from the url: http://mycroft.mozdev.org/jsreq.html