rich:tree with JavaScript enabled renders indefinitely

[pete.b.]

Hi,

I have setup a rich:tree component within a page as follows:

<h:form>
 <rich:tree switchType="client" value="#{categoryRootNode.data}" var="item" nodeFace="#{item.type}">
 <rich:treeNode type="category">
 <h:outputText value="#{item.name}" />
 </rich:treeNode>
 </rich:tree>
</h:form>

When I request the page in the Firefox 2.0.0.6 or Opera 9.2.2 browsers, the page loading phase lasts endless. Disabling JavaScript in the two browsers solves the problem (but then, of course, one can not use the tree). Internet Explorer 6.0 in both cases renders the page as expected! So what could I have done wrong?

My setup:

JBoss AS 4.2.1
Seam 1.2.1
ajax4jsf-1.1.1.jar
richfaces-3.0.1.jar (I have also tried the 3.1.0-rc5 JARs)
oscache-2.3.2.jar

[pete.b.]

I might include that setting the rich:tree property switchType to server does not change the above mentioned behaviour.

[pete.b.]

Now I found out that it only happens when my PC is online. So I strongly assume my webapp tries to get online resources. How can I prevent that?

[pete.b.]

Ok, my soliloquy goes on :-)

Finally I detected my firewall as the culprit. I don't know why, but maybe someone can answer that someday.