When I try to login to github from my usual computer (FC40) using my usual account on said computer, I do not get asked for my user name and password, instead I get 404 not found oginx The second line might be off. Switching accounts on my computer allows me to login to github.
How do I login using my usual account? Do I really have to tell firefox to erase all of my history and all of my cookies from the beginning of time?
If the answer is a pointer to a better forum, that is fine.
On Tue, 2024-11-12 at 22:04 -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote:
When I try to login to github from my usual computer (FC40) using my usual account on said computer, I do not get asked for my user name and password, instead I get 404 not found oginx The second line might be off. Switching accounts on my computer allows me to login to github.
How do I login using my usual account? Do I really have to tell firefox to erase all of my history and all of my cookies from the beginning of time?
I would try erasing *just* the cache. But, first, try a forced reload. It should re-fetch the page, rather than just refresh the display.
Instead of just clicking on the reload icon, try shift-clicking it. Or ctrl+click, or alt+click (it's going to depend on your browser). If you're using the keyboard, it may be shift+ctrl+r.
The cache is the local copy of the pages, occasionally something goes haywire on your side, or theirs, and you get stuck with a page that isn't right. You don't need to keep your cached files, they'll be fetched again.
For what it's worth, caching only helps with unchanged files. With dynamic pages, the content changes all the time and is virtually uncacheable (though there's usually a plethora of small images that are, such as site logos, navigational icons, etc).
On Wed, 13 Nov 2024, Tim via users wrote:
On Tue, 2024-11-12 at 22:04 -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote:
When I try to login to github from my usual computer (FC40) using my usual account on said computer, I do not get asked for my user name and password, instead I get 404 not found oginx The second line might be off. Switching accounts on my computer allows me to login to github.
How do I login using my usual account? Do I really have to tell firefox to erase all of my history and all of my cookies from the beginning of time?
I would try erasing *just* the cache. But, first, try a forced reload. It should re-fetch the page, rather than just refresh the display.
I tried reloading a number of ways. They all seem to have "worked". Noe were effective. I tried both reloading the page I clicked on and the page I got to. No go. Firefox does not seem to offer the option to delete just the cache. It did allow picking and choosing websites. I picked php8.ltd because that was the site for both pages. No go.
On 11/13/24 2:28 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
I tried reloading a number of ways. They all seem to have "worked". Noe were effective. I tried both reloading the page I clicked on and the page I got to. No go. Firefox does not seem to offer the option to delete just the cache. It did allow picking and choosing websites. I picked php8.ltd because that was the site for both pages.
You said it was github. What site is "php8.ltd"?
Tim:
I would try erasing *just* the cache. But, first, try a forced reload. It should re-fetch the page, rather than just refresh the display.
Michael Hennebry:
I tried reloading a number of ways. They all seem to have "worked". Noe were effective. I tried both reloading the page I clicked on and the page I got to. No go. Firefox does not seem to offer the option to delete just the cache. It did allow picking and choosing websites. I picked php8.ltd because that was the site for both pages. No go.
A problem with clearing just a particular site is that your problem site may be a combination of more than one service, with other things in the background that aren't readily obvious, and one of them was the cause.
If you have an add-on like NoScript, you might want to check you haven't accidentally forbidden something you need. Alternatively, an add-on like that does show how a single-site drags in content from a plethora of sources, and might just help you find the problem one.
Also, double-check on the problem system that you don't have a typo in the address you're trying to load. And, on that note, if there's an alternative way to log into the site (through a different entry page), see if that works.
Failing that, elaborating on my earlier suggestion:
In Firefox's setting, go into the privacy & security section, there's a cookies and site data sub-section with a clear button. That "clear" button pops up a window with options, rather than simply clears everything when you hit it. Depending on your version you may have options like
Cookies and site data Cached web content
or
When (last hour & various other time-based options) History Cookies and site data Temporary cached files and pages Site settings
You don't have to lose your history, at all. Unless there's something seriously wrong with Firefox, I don't see any way that could be a part of a the problem. It's just a trace of where you've been.
You should be able to just purge the cached files and nothing else. Generally, that's all that's required if something has got stuck in the cache and is confusing things. And it shouldn't cause another problem, in itself, the browser will just refetch what it needs when you visit a site again.
You might have to clear cookies, which would be more a site's problem than your browser problem, but I'm yet to have to do that (for this kind of thing). Of course that almost certainly means anything that you automatically log into without having to type your password again, will require you to do that. But the chances are that the auto-fill in feature will supply the names and passes with you just having to start typing in your logon name.
The site settings thing is a new one on me. I think it's just when people have customised their browser for a site, rather than customised a site through their browser. e.g. You've picked dark mode, or changed font sizing.
There's a separate preferences for deleting cookies on exit, with a pop-up window for exceptions. You could look into that.
On Wed, 13 Nov 2024, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 11/13/24 2:28 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
I tried reloading a number of ways. They all seem to have "worked". Noe were effective. I tried both reloading the page I clicked on and the page I got to. No go. Firefox does not seem to offer the option to delete just the cache. It did allow picking and choosing websites. I picked php8.ltd because that was the site for both pages.
You said it was github. What site is "php8.ltd"?
I'd thought it was something owned by github, but apparently not. No idea how I got there. It claimed copyright github. Trying to look at my files got blank pages. Starting over from github.com did the trick. This time, php8.ltd was not involved.
@William McDonald My reply to your off-list message get bounced by gmail authentication.
As noted in another post, starting over from github.com did the trick.
On Thu, 14 Nov 2024, Tim via users wrote:
In Firefox's setting, go into the privacy & security section, there's a cookies and site data sub-section with a clear button. That "clear" button pops up a window with options, rather than simply clears everything when you hit it. Depending on your version you may have options like
Thanks for the info. 'Tis rather like having a button labeled "danger: dragons" when the most dangerous thing it gives you is directions to Komodo.
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