On Oct 29, 2007, at 11:31 AM, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 11:01:55AM -0700, Cary Mabe wrote: >> Hi pluggers! I just updated from Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10, and am >> having a >> problem getting firefox to connect to the internet. I have tested >> and >> see that my computer can still send pings, and it can still update >> the >> listing for the apt-get and the graphical update system, so the >> problem resides somewhere in firefox. Anybody have any ideas? >> Thanks mucho in advance. BTW, I know installfest will be a smash >> tonight, but I'll be at work, so hopefully next time I'll be there. > > One problem I've had repeatedly with firefox is that it can be very > picky about DNS. Using Qwest DNS made firefox almost unusable, and > same > for using the builtin DNS in the ActionTec dsl modem. Running a local, > caching-only name server made everything work perfectly. > > When I was having the problem they were just like what you describe. > Ping and other network things were fine, and firefox was not. > > Maybe this is your problem, maybe not. I'm having no problems with Firefox on Ubuntu 7.10. I'm using OpenDNS --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss