[Cialug] Xubuntu question

[Matthew Nuzum]

Way back when there was a problem with IPv6 and DNS resolution in
Ubuntu... it caused timeouts.

Does anyone remember the details? Seems there was an easy fix. (maybe
this is helpful: http://swik.net/IPv6+Ubuntu )

Also, if you have avahi, its possible for some apps to time out (but I
don't think firefox would be one) when mdns is listed on the hosts line
in /etc/nsswitch.conf


On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 14:39 -0500, Stuart Thiessen wrote:
> Yep it is working online.
> 
> It says:
> 
> The connection has timed out.
> 
> The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. (I have another 
> computer on the same network that can access the page just fine).
> 
> If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network 
> connection. (I can install programs through the package manager or ping 
> outside).
> 
> If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make 
> sure that firefox is permitted to access the web. (How do I check for 
> the firewall on Xubuntu? I don't see anything through the gui that 
> allows me to check firewall settings, but if Konqueror can read the 
> pages, then Firefox should too, right?
> 
> Stuart
> On Apr 4, 2007, at 14:27, Tim Wilson wrote:
> 
> > I'm sure you've checked this, but make sure Firefox thinks your
> > online.  For some reason, when I'm using wireless on Suse, Firefox
> > always puts me in offline mode.  Just a thought.
> >
> >
> > On 4/4/07, Matthew Nuzum <matthew.nuzum at canonical.com> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 13:23 -0500, Stuart Thiessen wrote:
> >> > I just wanted to let you all know that I did get that xubuntu 
> >> installed
> >> > and figured out getting lilo working. So that is done.
> >> >
> >> > Now I have a strange situation ... I can ping outside our network, 
> >> but
> >> > I cannot get Firefox to bring up websites, but Konqueror can. I 
> >> tried
> >> > Galleon, Epiphany, Kazehakase without any luck either.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas why that would be?
> >>
> >> Nope.
> >>
> >> But, you've obviously given up before using the *best* web browser.
> >>
> >>   sudo apt-get install w3m w3m-img
> >>   w3m http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers
> >>
> >> In case you've never seen a console browser show images, brace your
> >> self, it's insane. http://people.ubuntu.com/~mnuzum/tmp/w3m.png
> >>
> >> OK, just kidding, w3m isn't that good, but it is a fun alternative to
> >> lynx. Maybe its the "best" browser the way "ed" is the best editor. 
> >> :-)
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