My error console is always blank even when I know there are errors. Working in 3.6. I noticed the problem around version 8.
I am a web app developer using Windows XP. I work a alot in Javascript and depend on the error console to help debug my code.
I upgraded several times since version 3.6, when E.C. still worked. not sure when it stopped, but certainly by version 8.
Are there certain ports it uses that might be getting interferred with?
Any ideas would be most helpful.
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No problems here with seeing that error in the Error Console in Firefox 11.
Error: a is not defined Source File: http://www.creativity-works.net/error.html Line: 7
Did you try to reset all prefs?
Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See "Basic Troubleshooting: Make a new profile":
If that new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.
See:
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Does the Web Console show those error or is that failing as well?
- Web Developer > Web Console (Shift+Ctrl+K)
Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
- Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
Hi cor-el, thanks for your reply.
The Web Console DOES show errors. Started in Safe Mode - default theme. Error console shows some errors. For instance, when I open Amazon.com it shows a flood of them.
But it doesn't show any of mine. For instance, if I put: 'alert( a.b );', with neither 'a' nor 'b' defined, I'm trying to display an undefined property of an undefined object. It correctly results in an error in the web console, but not in the Error Console.
I just uploaded a little testfile to www.creativity-works.net/error.html. Error console works fine when I open it with a computer having FF 3.6, but not one with FF 10.0.2. I'd be curious to know if you can see the error in the Error Console with a recent version of FF?
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No problems here with seeing that error in the Error Console in Firefox 11.
Error: a is not defined Source File: http://www.creativity-works.net/error.html Line: 7
Did you try to reset all prefs?
Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See "Basic Troubleshooting: Make a new profile":
If that new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.
See:
As you recommended, I created a blank profile and Error Console Worked. Then, after backing up the Profiles directory, I copied from Default to the Test profile, each file, one-by-one, until I got to localstore.rdf. That one caused the problem.
So I deleted that one from my Default profile. Problem Fixed !!! Evidently, that file is related to toolbar settings and so forth.
Thank you very much !
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