Package: mozilla-firefox Version: 1.0+dfsg.1-2 Followup-For: Bug #293975 As noted in the report by pabs, there is a published workaround:
> V. Workaround > > > > You can disable IDN support in mozilla products by setting > > 'network.enableIDN' > > to false. > > I can confirm this works, but the domain not found message says > "http://www.paypal.com" cannot be found, so it isn't exactly a great > workaround. > > The workaround seems to disable IDN *during the current browser session only*. Exiting, then re-launching the browser still exhibits IDN *even though the preference is set to false*. This is true irrespective of whether the browser cache is cleared, one does a shift-refresh of the page, or the preference is set by hand in the user.js file. Basically, the preference seems to have no effect once the browser is relaunched. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10 Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages mozilla-firefox depends on: ii debianutils 2.11.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii fontconfig 2.2.3-4 generic font configuration library ii libatk1.0-0 1.8.0-4 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfontconfig1 2.2.3-4 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-7 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.1-3 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.14-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libidl0 0.8.3-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file ii libjpeg62 6b-9 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libkrb53 1.3.6-1 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii libpango1.0-0 1.8.0-3 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-1 PNG library - runtime ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxp6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System printing extension ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii psmisc 21.5-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]