Xubuntu 10.10 - Firefox can't find the server

Rookie999 · 03-11-2011, 09:20 AM

After about a week of successful running Xubuntu 10.10 off a live USB Firefox suddenly fails to work with the message "Firerfox can't find the server" Opening the error terminal in firefox yielded the message "Livemark Service: feed processor recieved an invalid channel for http://fxfeeds.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/headlines.xml"

ping google.com yields
ping unknown host google.com

ping (router) yields
64packets recieved 64 packets transmitted 0% packet loss

Im at a loss on what to do. Any help would be appreciated.

pingu · 03-11-2011, 09:37 AM

This could be a dns-issue.
1) Can you ping 8.8.8.8 ?
If so, it is a dns issue.
My guess is that the computer uses your router as dns server, but the router doesn't handle dns / dns-forwarding properly. (Pretty common with many cheap home-routers.)
Solution: Check what dns-server you are given from isp, or use 8.8.8.8
2) If you can't ping, then my guess is something's wrong with router or your routing table.

Please post output of:
# sudo ifconfig
# sudo route

k3lt01 · 03-11-2011, 01:01 PM

Follow the instructions in this post and let us know how you go.