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firefox-3.0 package

Firefox times out but can update other files through the net

Asked by R. West

Hi i just installed Ubuntu onto a clean drive it seemed to install properly etc however when i go to launch Mozilla it "times out" yet when all the updates needed to be installed through Ubuntu it was able to download them. I currently dont have a firewall as i have just put this on and i am new to it. I am currently using my other comp atm until i get some help. Any advice you have would be appreciated.

Internet is hard wired and the version of Unbutu is the latests one.

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Ian Ace (iaculallad) said : 		#1

Exactly what site are you trying to open? Your DNS is working as you can perform system update.

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R. West (rwest200) said : 		#2

any site i type in wont go to the site unless i put in their IP

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Please try this open a terminal from Applications→Accessories→Terminal and type:

sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Can you copy and paste content here...

Thank you

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R. West (rwest200) said : 		#4

I just ran that and it is saying command not found :(

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

Please take care of spaces in this command please retry:

sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

must be typed as:

sudo <space> gedit <space> /etc/resolv.conf

Then press enter.

Than command not found is prefixed with the command so please copy the name of the command not found and post here.

Thank you

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R. West (rwest200) said : 		#6

k will try now

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R. West (rwest200) said : 		#7

Ty Marco i entered that and it brought up a window that is named resolve.conf(/etc)-gedit
and all inside the window is blank

I am sorry this is my first time with any form of linux i appreciate your paitence

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#8

Please take care of the file name is resolv.con not resolve.conf

To avoid type errors:

you can select the row below

sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

then right click with mouse and select "Copy" then open a termina and right click and select paste or please be careful on what are you typing.

Hope this helps

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R. West (rwest200) said : 		#9

k this is what it came up with
# generated by Networkmanager
nameserver 10.1.1.1

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#10

ok seems your defined nameserver (seems your router defined nameserver) is not working or this is a wrong ip so please change it with this opendns http://www.opendns.com/ addresses:

Open the file

sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

delete the

nameserver 10.1.1.1

row and put in that file:

nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

save and exit... and try to use Firefox.

Hope this helps

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R. West (rwest200) said : 		#11

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.

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R. West (rwest200) said : 		#12

Thankyou very much i am so happy!

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#13

Please note if this works you must dress your nameservers network-manager settings values using the network-manager otherwise i think you would loose this customized nameserver settings.

I think put a fixed ip with these working name servers in it might be the definitive solution.

Hth