Bug 5280 – Web Interface: Opening page is very messy. Unusable.

Bug 5280 - Web Interface: Opening page is very messy. Unusable.

Summary:

Web Interface: Opening page is very messy. Unusable.

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

Product:	Logitech Media Server
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Web Interface
Version:	7.0
Platform:	PC Windows (legacy)

Importance:	P2 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Squeezebox QA Team email alias

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Depends on:
Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2007-08-17 08:20 UTC by Wallace Lai
Modified:	2008-12-18 11:12 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:
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Attachments
Web Interface is not usable. (861.44 KB, image/bmp) 2007-08-17 08:23 UTC, Wallace Lai	Details
On 2K only: Opening web page is blank. (1.68 MB, image/bmp) 2007-08-20 15:36 UTC, Wallace Lai	Details
Please do not use BMP to upload screenshots (14.13 KB, image/png) 2007-08-20 22:21 UTC, Michael Herger	Details
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Description Wallace Lai 2007-08-17 08:20:37 UTC

Gateway, P4, 1.97 GHz, 1.25 GB of RAM, Win 2K SP4 ENU

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Download today's 7.0a1 build (2007-08-17).
2.  Install it.
3.  SlimServer auto starts upon completion of installation.
4.  Double click the desktop icon to start the web interface.
5.  Notice the web interface is very messy.  It is not usable at all.

Comment 1 Wallace Lai 2007-08-17 08:23:16 UTC

Created attachment 2106 [details]
Web Interface is not usable.

Comment 2 Michael Herger 2007-08-18 07:12:24 UTC

Please state what browser you're using, what firewall software etc. when having problems with the web interface. (it's IE6 in this case, I guess?)

Do you have JavaScript enabled? (I'll probably add a non-JS warning page). That's how the page looks without JS enabled. Or JS stripped away by some proxy/firewall. Not a bug per se, I guess, but a problem with the browser :-/:

BTW: the web interface should be started automatically, not only on doubleclicking the icon.

Comment 3 Wallace Lai 2007-08-20 15:34:51 UTC

Yes, it is IE version 6.0.2800.1106.

For today's build, the same opening screen is blank instead of messy.
This problem is on Win 2K only.  The opening web page look fine on both XP and Vista.

Comment 4 Wallace Lai 2007-08-20 15:36:57 UTC

Created attachment 2115 [details]
On 2K only:  Opening web page is blank.

Today is 2007-08-20.

Comment 5 Michael Herger 2007-08-20 22:21:07 UTC

Created attachment 2117 [details]
Please do not use BMP to upload screenshots

I see google bar and stuff installed - is this a clean installation? No firewall/AV/proxies filtering out JavaScript? Do you have JS enabled? This very much looks like JS is not running. IE6 whether on W2K or XP should behave the same.

And may I kindly ask you _not_ to upload images as BMP and no full screen shots? That screenshot of yours is ridiculous 1.6MB big, and your server's upstream rather slow. It took me a full minute to download that screenshot - which, saved as .PNG, is 1000x(!) smaller. Thanks!

Comment 6 Michael Herger 2007-08-20 22:22:33 UTC

(oops, my math - "only" 100x smaller :-))

Comment 7 Michael Herger 2007-09-17 23:24:40 UTC

Is this issue still open?

Comment 8 Wallace Lai 2007-09-19 10:04:45 UTC

It shows perfectly on 2K now.  Bugs as written is no longer seen.  
Here is the trick:
1.  Go to Microsoft update site and update everything, including the IE.  Reboot.
2.  Go to Sun Microsystem site and install whatever Java virtual machine.  Reboot.
3.  Start IE and go to Internet Options under Tools.
4.  Make sure "Use JRE 1.6.0_02 for <applet>" is checked.

Now, the SlimServer settings wizard shows up perfectly.  No more messy unusable page.

Comment 9 Wallace Lai 2007-09-19 10:05:43 UTC

Closing.

Comment 10 Wallace Lai 2007-09-19 10:13:20 UTC

Bug was regressed with SlimSerever 7.0a1, build 2007-09-18.