Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox, downloading files and odd behavior.

[Dale]

gevisz wrote:
> вт, 1 янв. 2019 г. в 06:45, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>:
>> With the newer Firefox versions, I've noticed something weird about
>> downloading files.  Usually these are videos using a download helper for
>> videos and sometimes it is a normal file download, depends on the site.
>> Either way, I get something odd at times.  So far, I've yet to see any
>> rhyme or reason to it.  I can't figure out what triggers it.  This is
>> what it does.  I start a download, either using a video helper add on or
>> downloading as a file.  I give it a name and location and it shows in
>> the download window that it is downloading.  However, if I go to the
>> directory where it should be, sometimes nothing shows up.  It will
>> complete the download and then show that it failed after finishing the
>> download.  However, if I notice that it is not in the directory where it
>> should be and I go back to the download window, hit pause and then
>> resume, it starts over from the beginning and then shows up in the
>> directory where it should be.  Most of the time, it shows up that it is
>> downloading and it is where it should be without be doing anything
>> further but sometimes, it doesn't.
>>
>> One other thing that it does on rare occasions.  It will show it is
>> downloading for a good while, sometimes more than half way, then
>> disappear in the directory as if it is deleted but still show that it is
>> downloading in the download window.  I've only seen it do that a few
>> times but it is annoying to look and make sure it is downloading a file
>> that takes a hour or more only to have it disappear part way through.
>>
>> This started with the new multi-process versions or whatever it is
>> called of Firefox.  It acts like a permissions problem or something to
>> me.  It either thinks it doesn't have write permissions at the start or
>> thinks it loses them part way through or something.  If it only did this
>> when using the add on, I'd think it is that but it also does it when I'm
>> downloading as a file with no add on being used.  Either way, I'm not
>> sure what to look into really.  I'm not even sure what to google for to
>> see if anyone else is noticing this.  What does one call this problem???
>>
> I experience similar problems with downloading files in Firefox for quite
> a long time. I cannot say for how long time exactly, but estimating it
> from memory: for about a few years. Yes, t is quite annoying but
> currently I have already got the habit to open download manager
> every time I download a file, stop downloading it and then restart again.
> (I even try to do the same automatically while using other web browsers
>  like chromium or google-chrome. :)
>
> However, I believe that it has nothing to do with "the newer Firefox versions"
> as I still use Firefox version 52.9.0 (compiled without clang) and all these
> troubles with downloading files started even on much more earlier versions.
>
>


Interesting.  I don't recall it ever doing this with the older versions
but maybe whatever it is is just now hitting me for some reason.  That's
the thing about random problems, they are random.  Still, at least I
know it is not just me. 

Since you mention chromium etc, that makes me wonder if it is the
browser at all.  Could it be something else?  A permissions issue
maybe?  Some sort of file system problem?  Could it be a common package
that these browsers depend on?  Which leads to this question.  Do you
use LVM or ext4 or both?  I use LVM and ext4 here.  Odds are, we both
have the same dependencies installed so not sure how to figure out if it
is one of those. 

At least I'm not alone in this, although I hate that you are having this
issue too.  It is annoying. 

Dale

:-)  :-)