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1. If you have another browser like konqueror installed try that, this will tell you it's specific to firefox.
2. Try changing the homepage of FF to something like www.google.com as it's possible you are just having problems connecting to the site mentioned in the error.
Sorry, I CAN"T access sites via FF. Thanks for pointing that out.
I don't have another browser installed (nor can I get to one to download ;-) and I've tried reaching multiple sites (google, yahoo) and none of them load.
For most people at home "no proxy" is the best option.
Was FF working previously or was this a new install? If it was working previously have you updated recently? With Ubuntu re-installing FF is easy enough with synaptic which also goes for isntalling another browser.
It appears that it was some issue with my firewall (firestarter). I stopped that service and web pages were accessible. So sorry to take up your time and thank you for your help.
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