Re: file -> open -> localhost(CIFS)BLAH.html opens blank

On 2011/03/28 07:30 (GMT+0200) Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen composed:

> Felix Miata wrote:

>>  I can open a local filesystem's HTML file same as if loading it via
>>  HTTP, but the same file on a CIFS mount, which the Opera file picker
>>  does find and claim is loaded, and Opera does show a URL for, displays
>>  as an empty page. :-( URLbar shows
>>  file://localhost/BLAH/dpi-screen-window.html. Permissions are 0664. It
>>  loads as expected if from a copy on a local filesystem.

> And "less /BLAH/dpi-screen-window.html" shows the expected data?

Yes, as do Gecko and Konq 3.5.10.

> And "view source" in opera shows empty as well?

Empty too.

>>  http://fm.no-ip.com/Auth/dpi-screen-window.html is the immediate page
>>  in question, but the latest original working copy instead of the
>>  published version.

>>  Any ideas what is going on here?

> Sounds pretty mysterious to me too.  If the user running opera is able
> to read the file, then opera should be able to read the file.  And if
> opera is able to read the file, it should be able to render it as well.

Should, yes, but doesn't.

>>  Unrelated, but no less annoying, I can select the URLbar's content in
>>  an attempt to copy, but the copy menu is grayed out when I try. :-(

> Sounds like a bug.  I don't have that in my version, though (which is
> the current development version, of course.  So it is possible that it
> has been fixed.)

> Does left-drag mark + middle-click paste work (instead of left-drag mark
> + menu->copy + menu->paste)?

No middle buttons on my trackballs, and no physical dexterity to emulate 
using multiple buttons.
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