Upgrade => Internet problems
OK, this is weird:
I am running Mandrake 10.0, and am still very new at it. Apparently when I first put it on my machine, I did not install TeX. After serious falilures trying to download and install it, I followed a friend's suggestion and booted with the install CDs, and proceeded to upgrade, and then chose to install most of the TeX packages, as well as all of the items I was forced to upgrade. TeX works like a charm now.
Somehow, however, in the course of the upgrade, my internet connection got funny. When I use Firefox, sometimes web pages work fine, and other times I get:
Net Reset Error
The document contains no data
The link to the site was dropped unexpectedly while negotiating a connection or transferring data. This may be due to a network fault somewhere between the site and your computer. If the problem persists, consult your system documentation, administrator or Internet Service Provider (ISP) as appropriate for further assistance.
Try again
When I click Try Again, things seem to work fine. Sometimes, I may have to try again twice. I got this errror after just plain
Alert! Document contains no data
and I followed some suggestions concerning my about:config.
Also, sometimes, even if the page loads, the images do not (on the first try).
This is not just a Firefox issue: Thunderbird has stopped getting my messages when I start it up (it probably is trying) - this is solved just by cliking "Get Mail". I also get the following error at times when I try to send an e-mail:
Sending of message failed.
The message could not be sent because connecting to SMTP server smtp.comcast.net failed. The server may be unavailable or is refusing SMTP connections. Please verify that your SMTP server setting is correct and try again, or else contact your network administrator.
This is settled (usually) by trying to send the e-mail once more.
So this is not a crippling issue, but certainly annoying. If anyone can suggest anything, I'm all ears.
Thanks,
Flynn
Last edited by flynnheiss; 02-18-2005 at 10:17 AM.
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