Browser issue Bug ? The uploaded file is empty ?

[Digital Doctor]

I'm the IT department. So not really.
I can upload off a networked drive with IE and Firefox.

I am pretty sure I've been uploading off Networked drives with Chrome before.
I store most of my images on the u:\ drive .... so I'm always uploading from it.

I can also upload to tinypic via Chrome off the networked drive.

I'll see if I can find out more about the Flash uploader xenforo uses.

Shadab says Xenforo uses SWFUpload.
I'll look into it.

 

[Digital Doctor]

searching this page for the word empty gives some likely culprits.
http://demo.swfupload.org/Documentation/
and googling this does as well.

 

[Anthony Parsons]

Just had this as well in Chrome trying to upload a JPG here on xf.com... Works in FF fine, will not upload here, and I've never had that issue before.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Just had this as well in Chrome trying to upload a JPG here on xf.com.

Were you uploading it from a networked drive or a local drive ?
What OS ? XP/Vista/7/nix ?

 

[Anthony Parsons]

Win 7, using a NAS... never had the issue before using chrome and XF.

 

[estranged]

No problems here. Win 7 64 bit.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Weird.

I can't do it in gmail either.

I can attach the same file from My Documents, but not from the Networked drive.

Anthony: can you attach files from the network in Gmail ?

 

[Mike]

This is a Chrome bug. Here's the bug report for it: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=75769

Looks like it's caused by the Flash sandboxing.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Yes, that is certainly it.
And this fix works for me:

Opening Chrome with "--disable-flash-sandbox" startup switch solved the problem.

 

[Digital Doctor]

For my desktop icon, I have added the --disable-flash-sandbox startup switch.
Is there a more thorough way to do this ?
So that regardless how chrome is launched, it will use that switch ?

 

[Digital Doctor]

Even Amazon's new cloud drive won't upload from a networked share.
C'mon chrome / adobe ... fix it !

 

[Digital Doctor]

FYI:

Had the same problem in Chrome 9 when it was in Beta.

Just had this as well in Chrome trying to upload a JPG here

This is a Chrome bug.

Fixed in the latest chrome !