Why has my Firefox quit working?

[Ryan Rix]

Jason Spatafore wrote:
> Drop to a command line and type links www.google.com
> 
> Is that working?

Uhhh, I don't mean to sound like the "i told you so" guy, but he said that 
konqi and ftp both work...

firefox -safe-mode

or alternately just stick with konqi :)

> 
> 
> On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 14:59 -0600, Josef Lowder wrote:
>> Why has my Firefox quit working?
>> 
>> While I have a solid Internet connection and I can connect
>> with either ftp or with my Konqueror browser, I just started
>> getting the following error message from Firefox:
>> 
>> Server not found
>> Firefox can't find the server at www.google.com.
>> * Check the address for typing errors such as
>>   ww.example.com instead of
>>   www.example.com
>> * If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
>>   connection.
>> * If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make
>> sure
>>   that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
>> 
>> I have double-checked that the URL addresses I am trying are correct.
>> My network connection is fine.
>> I've made no changes in Firefox.
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