[Cialug] Xubuntu question

[Stuart Thiessen]

BINGO!  Thanks!  I just had to go to Firefox, type about:config, type 
ipv6 in the filter line and then turn that one line to say true 
(disable ipv6), and it works! I wouldn't have known to check for ipv6.

Interesting!

Stuart
On Apr 4, 2007, at 15:00, Matthew Nuzum wrote:

> 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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