[OSM-newbies] Difficulty in viewing OSM map - Where I'm up to (sadly)

[ael]

Dan O'Hara wrote:

> add-ins etc (phew!).  However, as I appear to be on my own I may have done
> (or not) something quite simple??
>
> 
> Thanks - I am getting close to giving up (and boring you all with my
> problems).  

I have occasionally seen something very similar to what you describe 
using linux here in the uk (so much closer to the servers). It has 
usually been transient, so I have never properly investigated. At one 
time I suspected that packets were being blocked by my router since 
rebooting it seemed to clear the problem. I did check the router log but 
found no record of blocked packets.

So I suspect there is a longstanding bug lurking (or router 
incompatibility) which you may just have tripped over. So I hope that 
you don't give up, but your report helps to track it down. I do recall 
that "recentering" and then zooming often seemed to trigger the problem.

ael