[SOLVED] firefox won't load just one page

however · 04-07-2019, 10:35 AM

Hi everyone,
i have a peculiar issue with mozilla firefox;

two boxes with identical OS and updates (slackware current 64b);
both boxes with identical mozilla firefox release, 60.6.1esr (64-bit);

box A (desktop), won't load the page www.sportsshoes.com,
box B (laptop) does.

i have browsed around and the only site that could resemble my problem was this

Quote:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...ction-settings

adjusted DNS prefetching options, cleared cache/history, did a fresh re-installation, refreshed firefox, nothing worked!

any suggestions would be welcomed.

regards

business_kid · 04-07-2019, 12:51 PM

It loads here.
Try dig or nslookup in the non functioning box to see does it resolve.
Try ping, and traceroute, and nmap

Outline network differences.

however · 04-07-2019, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by business_kid

It loads here.
Try dig or nslookup in the non functioning box to see does it resolve.
Try ping, and traceroute, and nmap

Outline network differences.

thank you for your input. Does this mean anything to you?

Code:

bash-5.0$ dig www.sportsshoes.com

; <<>> DiG 9.14.0 <<>> www.sportsshoes.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11634
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.sportsshoes.com.           IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.sportsshoes.com.    300     IN      A       104.20.81.131
www.sportsshoes.com.    300     IN      A       104.20.82.131

;; Query time: 33 msec
;; SERVER: 212.56.129.228#53(212.56.129.228)
;; WHEN: Sun Apr 07 20:16:18 UTC 2019
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 80

bash-5.0$

Code:

bash-5.0$ nmap www.sportsshoes.com
Starting Nmap 7.70 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2019-04-07 20:14 UTC
Nmap scan report for www.sportsshoes.com (104.20.81.131)
Host is up (0.046s latency).
Other addresses for www.sportsshoes.com (not scanned): 104.20.82.131
Not shown: 996 filtered ports
PORT     STATE SERVICE
80/tcp   open  http
443/tcp  open  https
8080/tcp open  http-proxy
8443/tcp open  https-alt

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 5.87 seconds

business_kid · 04-08-2019, 04:08 AM

Linux has a lot of network-savvy stuff. I get this:

Code:

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.sportsshoes.com.	300	IN	A	104.20.81.131
www.sportsshoes.com.	300	IN	A	104.20.82.131

So you can address it as http://104.20.81.131

At a wild guess, NetworkManager has taken over your resolv.conf and put something ambiguous there and you'll have top reverse engineer it enough to sort that out. Firefox just uses what's there, network wise and I don't think it's the culprit.

however · 04-08-2019, 05:02 AM

Well, I found a workaround the issue.
I just installed Vivaldi' web-browser, which i'm slowly loving as it is much faster.
So, i 'm marking this topic as solved, even if it isn't!
Thanks anyway