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gnome-nettool package

due dns issue browsers display wrong page

Asked by Dan Koga

I opened a new tab in firefox 3.6.12, typed "www.google.com" into the address bar, pressed the Enter key and the following page was displayed:

https://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.pd=c%3DaMtFxUmp2e6zaBL942f2v6LoDw--&.src=my&.done=http://www.google.com&.intl=us

So I started Chromium 6.0.472.63 (59945), opened a new tab, typed "www.google.com" into the address bar, pressed the Enter key and got the Yahoo login page:

https://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.pd=c%3DaMtFxUmp2e6zaBL942f2v6LoDw--&.src=my&.done=http://www.google.com&.intl=us

In both browsers I was logged into Yahoo (different accounts in each browser) in a different tab. I logged out of each Yahoo account and typed "www.google.com" and was taken to the correct google page in both browsers. Since both browsers exhibited the same erroneous behavior, I am thinking it is not a browser problem.

I do not know if this problem could be related to another problem I am having with installing firefox addons. When trying to install any addon I get an error -228. I have already submitted another problem report about that problem.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

cat /etc/resolv.conf; echo; cat /etc/hosts

Thanks

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Dan Koga (dkoga2424) said : 		#2

Here is the output:

cat /etc/resolv.conf; echo; cat /etc/hosts
# Generated by NetworkManager
domain domain.actdsltmp
search domain.actdsltmp
nameserver 192.168.0.1
nameserver 205.171.3.25

192.168.2.104 Inspiron-N5010 # Added by NetworkManager
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 Inspiron-N5010 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
127.0.1.1 Inspiron-N5010

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 4:24 PM, actionparsnip <
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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

ok so you use qwest DNS. Have you tried using google DNS instead?

I suggest you comment out:

domain domain.actdsltmp
search domain.actdsltmp

by adding a hash at the start of each line:

#domain domain.actdsltmp
#search domain.actdsltmp

you will need:

gksudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

to get write access.

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Dan Koga (dkoga2424) said : 		#4

Thanks!

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Dan Koga (dkoga2424) said : 		#5

I commented out the lines and it fixed the problem but NetworkManager
regenerates the original uncommented file when I reboot. How can I prevent
NetworkManager from regenerating the file?

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 5:32 PM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #131893 on Ubuntu changed:
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> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> ok so you use qwest DNS. Have you tried using google DNS instead?
>
> I suggest you comment out:
>
> domain domain.actdsltmp
> search domain.actdsltmp
>
> by adding a hash at the start of each line:
>
> #domain domain.actdsltmp
> #search domain.actdsltmp
>
> you will need:
>
> gksudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf
>
> to get write access.
>
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Then you need to right click network manager and edit the connections, under the ipv4 tab you can set the interface to dhcp but for address only then set the dns in the box below.