Firefox connection problems

simcox1 · 06-06-2006, 03:14 PM

I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere, but I get frequent problems with firefox refusing a connection. To google.co.uk, ebay.co.uk, and often it will connect to say linuxquestions.org, but fail to load any images. I get the same problem sometimes with thunderbird. It seems to be some evenings. I've just checked with Dillo and it all works fine. This is a fairly recent problem, since 1.5 appeared. Any ideas?

simcox1 · 06-06-2006, 03:33 PM

As it turns out Dillo has trouble resolving dns sometimes as well.

drkstr · 06-06-2006, 04:50 PM

This would probably indicate a network connection problem since you are experiencing the same thing with all browsers. How stable is your internet connection?

regards,
...drkstr

simcox1 · 06-07-2006, 05:25 AM

I think it must be a service issue, I had some trouble with the Windows computer as well, so it's nothing to do with firefox/slackware it would seem. I'm not sure what's causing it.

onebuck · 06-07-2006, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by simcox1

I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere, but I get frequent problems with firefox refusing a connection. To google.co.uk, ebay.co.uk, and often it will connect to say linuxquestions.org, but fail to load any images. I get the same problem sometimes with thunderbird. It seems to be some evenings. I've just checked with Dillo and it all works fine. This is a fairly recent problem, since 1.5 appeared. Any ideas?

Hi,

I would check your network!

Another possibility would be the 1.5 package you installed. Where did you get the packages?