I got a strange issue with Firefox. For some reason it can't display the webGUI. All it does is returning the "Unable to connect" error message when I browse to http://localhost:8080, http://127.0.0.1:8080, http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd/ or http://127.0.0.1:8080/sabnzbd/
Now comes the weird part; it does load fine in Internet Explorer 9 and Google Chrome 10. I also made a thread about this on the Mozilla support forum, but nobody replied yet. Yet, already 12 other people confirmed to have the same problem.
I'm wondering if this is a known error and/or someone wants to share the solution (that is, if there is any).. Thanks in advance.
//Edit - Sorry, these may be relevant:
Version: 0.5.6
OS: Win7 Ultimate x64
Install-type: Windows installer
Browser: Firefox 4.0 Beta 8 and Firefox 3.6.13
Firewall Software: None, disabled the Windows firewall
IPV6: No
reproducible: Sadly, yes
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080
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Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080
Last edited by DcR-Tr4X on December 26th, 2010, 12:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080
It might be that SABnzbd is using the IPV6 version of localhost.
Browsers and other programs sometimes have different ideas about localhost.
Maybe this will work in Firefox:
http://[::1]:8080/sabnzbd
Browsers and other programs sometimes have different ideas about localhost.
Maybe this will work in Firefox:
http://[::1]:8080/sabnzbd
Re: Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080
Your right, I can connect now! Thank you!
Did some further research and found out which setting caused this 'localhost' error. It can be fixed by going to about:config (from the address bar), changing the network.dns.disableIPv6 value to false and restarting the browser.![Grin ;D](./images/smilies/grin.gif)
Did some further research and found out which setting caused this 'localhost' error. It can be fixed by going to about:config (from the address bar), changing the network.dns.disableIPv6 value to false and restarting the browser.
![Grin ;D](./images/smilies/grin.gif)
Re: Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080
Strange that you need to tweak Firefox.
Earlier versions did have this problem, but I haven't seen it in recent versions.
I use the same: Win7-x64 with Firefox 3.6.13 but I don't have this issue.
Earlier versions did have this problem, but I haven't seen it in recent versions.
I use the same: Win7-x64 with Firefox 3.6.13 but I don't have this issue.
Re: Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080
It's indeed very strange. Especially if you've never messed with a protocol different from IPv4. For some reason Firefox 3.6.13, 4.0b7 and 4.0b8 assumed I did.
Just for the record, I don't use tweak software to 'speed-up' my PC. I'm used to changing my settings manually to minimize the chance of errors like this. I'm not new to PC's and I consider myself as a rather advanced PC user, but this behavior is out of league.. Glad it's fixed though. Can't live without SABnzbd!
Just for the record, I don't use tweak software to 'speed-up' my PC. I'm used to changing my settings manually to minimize the chance of errors like this. I'm not new to PC's and I consider myself as a rather advanced PC user, but this behavior is out of league.. Glad it's fixed though. Can't live without SABnzbd!
Re: Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080
This is actually caused by the popular Firefox addon "Fasterfox Lite". The specific option you need to disable is "Disable IPV6 Lookups".
Re: Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080
Is this case can occur in IE and Chrome?
Re: Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080
It may if SABnzbd and the browsers disagree about the exact meaning of "localhost".cabbyteve wrote: Is this case can occur in IE and Chrome?
(Or if SABnzbd just isn't running).
localhost can mean either 127.0.0.1 (IPV4) or [::1] (IPV6).
If in doubt, use 127.0.0.1 as host address for SABnzbd (see Config->General).