Howdy, 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??? Some info to follow. [ebuild R ~] www-client/firefox-64.0::gentoo USE="dbus gmp-autoupdate screenshot startup-notification system-harfbuzz system-jpeg system-libevent system-libvpx system-sqlite -bindist -clang -custom-cflags -custom-optimization -debug -eme-free -geckodriver -hardened -hwaccel -jack -lto (-neon) -pulseaudio (-selinux) -system-icu -test -wifi" L10N="-ach -af -an -ar -as -ast -az -bg -bn-BD -bn-IN -br -bs -ca -cak -cs -cy -da -de -dsb -el -en-GB -en-ZA -eo -es-AR -es-CL -es-ES -es-MX -et -eu -fa -ff -fi -fr -fy -ga -gd -gl -gn -gu -he -hi -hr -hsb -hu -hy -id -is -it -ja -ka -kab -kk -km -kn -ko -lij -lt -lv -mai -mk -ml -mr -ms -nb -nl -nn -or -pa -pl -pt-BR -pt-PT -rm -ro -ru -si -sk -sl -son -sq -sr -sv -ta -te -th -tr -uk -uz -vi -xh -zh-CN -zh-TW" Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/Home2-Home2 8.1T 3.9T 4.2T 49% /home As one can see, not a space problem, thanks to all the help on this list and LVM for that. ;-) Anyone else seeing this? Anyone have any idea what could cause this? Bug? Some nifty new feature that breaks things?? Some USE flag that needs to be changed? Any other ideas? Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
