ianw1974 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 This post was made due to the frequency that this query comes up. Firefox on some systems can sometimes have an issue in that it will not allow you to browse the web. However, using konqueror or an alternative browser seems to work fine, shows that it's not a network configuration issue. It is however, a configuration issue within Firefox, and the way to resolve it is as follows. 1. Click in your url bar, and type "about:config" without the quotes. 2. In the Filter field type "ipv6" without the quotes. 3. The entry "network.dns.disableIPv6 should appear set as "false". 4. Double-click this entry, to set it to "true". The browsing problem should now be resolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hookieman Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 yupp., that fixed a problem that was driving me crazy. I will drink a beer to honor you Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardp Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 As an FYI, the item Ian refers to, is also present in the SeaMonkey suite and is also set to false by default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RJ Hythloday Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Ubuntu had this problem and recent repositories of firefox include a ubuntu plugin that does this as well as a few other tweaks by default. I don't find that in the firefox addons though. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 (edited) This really isn't something that you should need a plugin for, as it's a configuration change, not a new feature. Chances are the "plugin" that Ubuntu includes is either just their changes to the configuration or some internal piece. Though the code is probably download-able from their repositories, I don't know where... Edited April 22, 2008 by tyme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Firefox plugins are installed locally, at the user's profile, and so it's utterly unlikely that they can surpass the ipv6 issue mentioned by ianw1974 (which is a system-wide issue, and impossible to bypass by just installing a browser plugin). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chenzen666 Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Many thanks for that little trick worked for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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