Hi,

I've installed the latest Debian (with net install cd) to my old notebook (pentium 3 1ghz, 256mb ram). I didn't install any window manager on it, just the 'Standard system', and the 'Laptop' packages. After the installation competed, i installed webmin using Webmin APT repository. Now, when i put https://192.168.1.103:10000 (103 is my notebook's ip address), Firefox just shows 'Connecting...' forever. Without https, it displays the following message, so i assume webmin is installed correctly:

Error - Bad Request

This web server is running in SSL mode. Try the URL https://192.168.1.103:10000/ instead.


Any ideas?

The first step should be examination of logs in /var/log and /var/webmin (or wherever it is that Webmin puts it log), looking for errors that pertain to Firefox and Webmin.

I checked the log files, the only line for my pc (192.168.1.100): GET / HTTP/1.1

After that, I installed lynx (terminal browser) to the machine, and it works on fine localhost:10000... I tried it without windows firewall, and on another machine: still "Connecting...", or 'Waiting for..." forever, after accepting the certificate. It may be my router, but putty (ssh) is working well, and the following message appears too if i only put http, not https:
This web server is running in SSL mode. Try the URL https://192.168.1.103:10000/ instead.

I set SSL=0 in /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf, and restarted webmin. There's no message now, it's just connecting forever without https too...