TB0ne |
05-23-2014 01:53 PM |
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Originally Posted by od13
I am using Luna OS Elementary. Its pretty cool. I am using the latest version of Mozilla firefox. If I misspell something in the address bar I get redirect it to Time warner search, which I promptly close and start all over again. I found instructions on how to disable the time warner redirect for a windows system, but can't find anything for Linux. I have spent hours searching the internet for an answer. Can anyone help?
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First, there is NO REASON to close your browser when you don't get the right website. Click in the address bar, and enter another address. What you're doing is akin to exiting your word-processor when you misspell a word.
The easiest way to get around this is to add these two lines:
Code:
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
...into the /etc/resolv.conf file. Those are Google's public DNS servers, which won't redirect you. That said, you will still have the same 'problem' when you misspell a website name...in that it won't come up or go to the wrong location.
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Originally Posted by dijetlo
(Post 5175911)
Hey Odie,
You probably just need to set your default search engine for firefox. If you have a search box next to your address bar, look for a down arrow in the box. Click it and you'll see the default options for search engines, choose one.
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Sorry, that won't do anything for this problem. Time Warner (and other cable ISP's), routinely re-direct people to their site, in the event of a DNS lookup failure (such as a misspelled/nonexistent website). That's because they are providing the DNS services. You can opt-out, but it is a painful process.
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