Bug 90587

Summary:	paypal.com home page slow - stalls on final images
Product:	[Applications] konqueror	Reporter:	Adam Wiggins <hiro>
Component:	khtml	Assignee:	Konqueror Bugs <konqueror-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	maksim
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	RedHat Enterprise Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Adam Wiggins 2004-10-01 07:55:58 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs
OS:                Linux

When going to PayPal's homepage (ie, Alt-F2 and type "paypal.com" and press enter) the front page takes forever to finish loading.  I have checked it against other browsers and it definitely does not happen there.  The behavior happens every single time, and has happened on at least two versions of KDE that I know of (3.2.3 and 3.3) on at least two different architectures (i386 and x86_64).

Try this:

1. Start loading paypal.com in Konq.  The initial images, login box etc pop up almost immediately.  Then it seems to stall on "images loading, 8 of 9" for quite a while.

2. Switch to another browser, say Moz.  Load paypal.com.  Within a couple of seconds (I have fast DSL) the entire page is loaded.

3. Switch back to Konq.  Still stuck...usually around "images loading, 12 of 13" or something similar.  It's always "N-1 of N".

It does not seem to be a cache issue; the page being in the cache or not makes no difference.  Also note that the page is slightly different if you have a cookie from a paypal login already: it presents a login/password box instead of a button to click for login.  Whether you have the cookie or not does not seem to matter; Moz is fast on both, Konq is slow on both.

There is a tiny amount of javascript on the page, could that be a possible culprit?

Comment 1 Stephan Kulow 2004-10-20 10:36:29 UTC

www.konqueror.org/investigatebug - in thsi very case I would suggest you look at a ethereal dump

Comment 2 Rich Birch 2004-11-04 16:03:46 UTC

I'm getting exactly the same behaviour. Not limited to paypal either, I'll post more sites as I come across them.

Comment 3 Maksim Orlovich 2004-11-15 18:36:42 UTC

Take a look at bug #70363. Perhaps the KDE_NO_IPV6 workaround will help you with this?

Comment 4 Adam Wiggins 2004-11-16 11:54:05 UTC

Yes, that was exactly the problem - setting KDE_NO_IPV6 makes paypal.com load almost instantly, just like it does in other browsers.  Please mark as a duplicate of 70363.

Comment 5 Tommi Tervo 2004-11-16 12:10:52 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 70363 ***