Troubleshooting Help
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JBoston
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Could I get a little help troubleshooting why the script doesn't seem to be working? (I could easily be doing something wrong.) I'm using Firefox 3.6 Beta 5. I installed the script, which seemed to go okay. But in letting in run for days and deleting a friend to see if it worked it didn't seem to do so. Also, I should note that I changed it from 2 hours to 1 hour. When checking the about:config, this is what I see: greasemonkey.scriptvals.znerp/Facebook Friends Checker.XXXXXX ex friends;({})
I've already tried re-installing once or twice to no avail. I also have a lot of friends, about 2500. What other information can I provide? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! |
znerp
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Set the time from 1 hour to 0. Clear your error console and reload Facebook. Tell me what (if any) errors appear in the console. You can then change the interval back to 1 hour (seriously, I don't even know why you'd want it less than 2 hours to be honest). Also, could you log into Facebook and then go to http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_search.php?__a=1. Is there a list of your friends on there? |
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JBoston
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Trying the resetting of the time now... (I understand what you're saying re: keeping it at 2 hours, you're right and I will change it back.) What does it mean when the "User Script Commands..." option in Greasemonkey is grayed out when on a Facebook page? No, there is just a blank white screen when I go to: http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_search.p... Thoughts? |
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znerp
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What about the error console? That will be greyed out if there are no scripts running on the page that are adding a command to that menu. Specifically in this case, I can see no reason why it would not show when my script is running. A blank white screen? What happens when you type into the search box on Facebook? Does it auto-complete your friends names? |
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JBoston
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1) I didn't give you the error console data because I was unable to change the time as of yet… But here is what shows up on it after a reload of my Facebook profile for instance, a ton of errors from this same element: Warning: Unknown property 'zoom'. Declaration dropped.
The other ones are mostly text-justify, filter, -moz-outline-style, display, expected declarations, cursor, background, etc. They're all on that same CSS and another. 2) What other reasons would your script not be running? What else can I check? (Remember, I'm still unable to change it the timing to 0.) 3) Yes, a blank white screen… The search box seems to work fine, when I type some letters in users seem to come up from the auto-complete list. I tried this same URL in Google Chrome and it brought up what I think you're looking for, a list of all my FB friends in some sort of textural list. Is there something in Firefox that would be preventing this, as that seems like my problem? Thanks again for your super fast replies and help, I really appreciate it. |
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JBoston
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Ok, the option to change it to 0 hours seemed to come available... I changed it to 0 hours. Opened the error console. Cleared it. Did a hard reload of my Facebook profile page. All of the errors that came up (there were a lot of them) were the same warnings I highlighted above, the 'declaration dropped' of all those same types, except on the bottom there were two actual errors in pink, here they are: Error: not well-formed
Error: not well-formed
Does this help? Thank you!</body></body> |
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znerp
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Ok, I really don't know what to suggest then. The problem would appear to be that http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_search.php?__a=1 doesn't return anything for you, but I can't think why this should be, especially if it is in Chrome. Try clearing your cache and reloading Facebook maybe? |
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JBoston
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That page seems to be loading now... Though, it loads as a single extremely long line that starts: for (;;);{"error":0,"errorSummary":"","errorDescription":"","errorIsWarning":false,"payload":{"entries":[{"t":"Christine Liu","i":"56"... etc, etc. I assume this is correct. Any other idea how I can troubleshoot getting this to work? (Already cleared all caches, etc. No luck.) |
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znerp
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I don't know why this would happen. Without experiencing it myself and if it works now then I can't see why it could have happened and wouldn't really know what to suggest to fix it. I would imagine that logging out and back in or clearing your cache should fix most problems like this though. |
hakuseki
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I checked the URL that launches when type-ahead in Searchbox and I saw that it posts facebook user ID and some other stuff.
https://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_search.... The difference? Well, I added the "&" sign between "?" and "__a=1" It then returned all my users in javascript code |
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znerp
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@hakuseki: I believe that this would not make any difference, save for actually refreshing from the server and not looking in your browser cache. I think that clearing your cache would have had the same effect. |
Audiovore
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Well it appears I had the same/similar problem(last check was in Nov!). I got it to work after reinstalling, which caused 4 undefineds to show up, then I cleared the cache and a list finally showed up in about:config. But noting shows up for me at http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_search.p... still too. Not sure if its important, but I by deleting a friend and it showed up so... |
Adam Brock
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I'm having the same issue too, but clearing my cache hasn't fixed the problem. Any suggestions? What other information can I provide? |
