ofri Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 some sites won't load in my firefox, but they do load in konqueror: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:1 www.gmail.com any ideas as to why that may happen? (firefox v2.0.0.6 withoug java installed yet... because http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=11283 is not working [both in FF and in Konq]. OS is 2007.1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 some sites won't load in my firefox, but they do load in konqueror:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:1 www.gmail.com any ideas as to why that may happen? (firefox v2.0.0.6 withoug java installed yet... because http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=11283 is not working [both in FF and in Konq]. OS is 2007.1) Hi Ofri, The sites you mentioned - are they examples to sites FF can't load? Because I can load Gmail in my FF, for instance (running Mandrive 2007.1 with Gnome). So maybe the problem is not with the browser. When you try to load those pages, do you get any messages, or does the page remain empty? Regarding installation of the jre, I would recommend installing it from the repos, but I haven't tried it myself. And welcome to the board. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofri Posted August 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 welcome to the board. thanks. the sites you mentioned - are they examples to sites FF can't load? yes When you try to load those pages, do you get any messages, or does the page remain empty? no message. just timeout of the request Regarding installation of the jre, I would recommend installing it from the repos, but I haven't tried it myself. i read in a post on how to install java, that i should download from there. how can i install if from the repos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 To install software from the repositories, you need to set up urpmi: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=10600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofri Posted August 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 thanks. i read that post and i'm installing it now. i hope that will help me solve the java problem, but, i am afraid my original problem (some sites not loading in FF) is worse. i also noticed in the installation of the urpmi media, that when i selecet a mirror that is ftp and not http, the installation just waits (i didn't wait long enough to see if there's a timeout). i think these 2 problems are related. my guess is that i have some default firewall or security issue. i will go read about that more. if anyone has any idea, i would love to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Do you know how to clear the cache that firefox is using? This might fix your problem. You may also have a corrupt firefox profile. Try running firefox -profilemanager from the command line to start with a fresh new profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Disable IPV6. Add the following lines to /etc/modprobe.conf: alias net-pf-10 off alias ipv6 off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Also, do it in firefox. In the url bar, type about:config and then filter for ipv6 and set the option to true to disable it. You may not need to do it system-wide, but maybe just in the browser itself. If other browsers don't work then do it system-wide like arctic mentions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 If ftp-access does not work, then he needs to disable ipv6 system-wide. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Doh, didn't see that one :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofri Posted August 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 first i made the change to about:config in firefox, and it worked a charm (thanks guys, now i can read my mail :D ) then i also added the 2 lines to /etc/modprobe.conf but when i try for example urpmi.addmedia main ftp://ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.mandrake.com/Mandrakelinux/official/2007.1/i586/media/main/release with media_info/hdlist.cz i get adding medium "main" and then nothing :huh: ... so i guess ftp still doesn't work. any other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Did you reboot after editing /etc/modprobe.conf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofri Posted August 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Then I would be tempted to use a different mirror for adding your urpmi sources. Could be a problem with the mirror itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofri Posted August 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 tried like 10 mirrors. all ftp mirrors fail, and all https mirrors work. :huh: ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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