Re: Odd link behavior from https://manpages.debian.org/buster/apt/apt-cdrom.8.en.html

On 06/12/2021 07:38 PM, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 11:56 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
> 
>> When I click on *ANY* of the links from
>>       https://manpages.debian.org/buster/apt/apt-cdrom.8.en.html
>> I never finish connecting.
> 
> I cannot reproduce this issue myself (using Firefox ESR).
> 
> This is probably best expressed as a bug report against the
> manpages.debian.org pseudo-package instead.
> 
> https://manpages.debian.org/faq.html#debiman-problems
> 
> You will likely need some debugging information before filing the bug:
> 
> Does the same issue happen if you use a different web browser.

This morning the problem does not appear with either this machine using 
SeaMonkey nor a different machine having Firefox ESR. It was present for 
several hours yesterday.

IIRC I have seen the problem on other man-pages.

> 
> Are there web developer tools for your browser, and if so what does
> the network debugger say is happening with those requests.


Although I've had a home computer for over 40 years I've had no contact 
with developer tools. What would be the appropriate question to ask on 
the SeaMonkey mailing list?

> If there
> are no tools, perhaps use Wireshark to figure out where the browser is
> trying to connect to.
> 

Is Wireshark an appropriate tool for a newbie user who doesn't see much 
network analysis in the future?
[https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ is not encouraging.]

Thank you.