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I have two problems with Firefox:

  1. When I type a non-existent server into the address bar, such as

    http://xyz.example.com

    I get "server not found", but when I try to fix the address, Firefox forgets the URL and I need to start all over.

  2. When the server is taking a long time to respond, and I click on the X icon to stop loading the page, the URL disappears as well

In both cases I want the URL to stay there in the address bar, so that I don't have to type it all over again. Is there a setting to make it do that?

I am using Firefox (Iceweasel) 24.7 on Debian Wheezy

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    What version of firefox you have? It seems to be working fine for me.
    – Ramesh
    Commented Aug 8, 2014 at 18:49
  • Ah, never mind. I had the tab open which is why it seemed to remember.
    – Ramesh
    Commented Aug 8, 2014 at 18:50
  • I don't see this behaviour of #1 on - my Debian Wheezy, Iceeweasel v.31 - a Ubuntu 14.04 virtual machine, v. 29 and v. 31 of firefox
    – PythoNic
    Commented Aug 13, 2014 at 10:12
  • Indeed, this behavior always annoyed me too. In such cases I copy the URL to clipboard before pressing <Enter>, so that later I can just paste it back.
    – Ruslan
    Commented Aug 13, 2014 at 11:38
  • I don't see that behaviour (point 1; didn't test point 2) with Firefox (Iceweasel) 24.7 on Debian 7.6 (that's the number in /etc/debian_version; no idea what codename that has). However for gibtsnet.invalid it adds a www. at the front where I didn't have one.
    – celtschk
    Commented Aug 13, 2014 at 16:22

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This is standard behavior for firefox, I can observe the same in other operating systems. #2 does not happen if you write the address in a new tab, if that can help you. If you think this is a bug please file a bug with firefox.

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I don't know, whether this is a solution you prefer, but there is a newer iceweasel for debian available: Debian Mozilla Team

To change to the current release, add this to your /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ wheezy-backports iceweasel-release

and then update your system. (Or checkout the website for other releases).

PS: It also solves your other problem (264 codec).

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  • I don't see any newer version of Iceweasel in in Debian backports. The version I am using (24.7.0) is the latest available in Debian Wheezy (both wheezy and wheezy-backports). Besides, are you sure upgrade to a higher version solves the problem?
    – Martin Vegter
    Commented Aug 18, 2014 at 16:09
  • If you expect the displayed version to change: read that sentence. It's about squeeze. If you added the given line and than update+upgraded your system, you should have v.31 by now.
    – PythoNic
    Commented Aug 18, 2014 at 21:43
  • Did you try it out?
    – PythoNic
    Commented Aug 21, 2014 at 9:53

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