Firefox times out but can update other files through the net
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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- Solved
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- Solved by:
- marcobra (Marco Braida)
- Solved:
- 2010-05-30
- Last query:
- 2010-05-30
- Last reply:
- 2010-05-30
| Ian Ace (iaculallad) said : | #1 |
Exactly what site are you trying to open? Your DNS is working as you can perform system update.
| R. West (rwest200) said : | #2 |
any site i type in wont go to the site unless i put in their IP
Please try this open a terminal from Applications→
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
| R. West (rwest200) said : | #4 |
I just ran that and it is saying command not found :(
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
| R. West (rwest200) said : | #6 |
k will try now
| R. West (rwest200) said : | #7 |
Ty Marco i entered that and it brought up a window that is named resolve.
and all inside the window is blank
I am sorry this is my first time with any form of linux i appreciate your paitence
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
| R. West (rwest200) said : | #9 |
k this is what it came up with
# generated by Networkmanager
nameserver 10.1.1.1
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://
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
| R. West (rwest200) said : | #11 |
Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.
| R. West (rwest200) said : | #12 |
Thankyou very much i am so happy!
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
