Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-16 Thread Simon Schneebeli
Well, since I can surf the web with Opera and use Skype but not Firefox, Evolution and Thuderbird, the connection between the computer and my wireless ADSL modem as well as between the modem and the web work. I just don't understand why some applications can't connect. But I agree that it

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-16 Thread Aaron Gray
The only thing I can think of suggesting is, have you looked at your firewall configuration ? Aaron 2009/12/16 Simon Schneebeli simon.schneeb...@okko.org Well, since I can surf the web with Opera and use Skype but not Firefox, Evolution and Thuderbird, the connection between the computer and

RE: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-16 Thread Ishmael Chibvuri
Yes! Your firewall could be , the issue here.. _ The only thing I can think of suggesting is, have you looked at your firewall configuration ? Aaron 2009/12/16 Simon Schneebeli

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-16 Thread Simon Schneebeli
No difference with or without firewall. But I discovered something else: Here's what happens: - I start my computer and connect to the wireless: Firefox and Thunderbird can not connect to the wireless but Opera can. - I plug in the Ethernet cable. Now all connections work, with or without

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-16 Thread Aaron Gray
2009/12/16 Simon Schneebeli simon.schneeb...@okko.org No difference with or without firewall. But I discovered something else: Here's what happens: - I start my computer and connect to the wireless: Firefox and Thunderbird can not connect to the wireless but Opera can. - I plug in the

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-16 Thread Jim
On 12/16/2009 07:16 AM, Simon Schneebeli wrote: Well, since I can surf the web with Opera and use Skype but not Firefox, Evolution and Thuderbird, the connection between the computer and my wireless ADSL modem as well as between the modem and the web work. I just don't understand why some

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-15 Thread R. G. Newbury
Simon wrote: As for wicd: I used that when working with Ubuntu and was always quite happy. So let's give it a try: snip My, my. What a headache. These thing make me feel kind of lost... Simon Sounds like you are actually quite close. Once wired is working, the universe of points

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-15 Thread William Case
Hi Simon; On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 23:27 +0100, Simon Schneebeli wrote: On 12/14/2009 11:02 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote: Simon wrote: I have come to this thread late and only given it a cursory read. My knowledge of NetworkMangager is limited. However, in a response to my post Re: Fedora 12 -- A

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-15 Thread Axel Thimm
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 09:09:32PM +0100, Simon Schneebeli wrote: On 12/14/2009 08:52 PM, Craig White wrote: On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 20:40 +0100, Simon Schneebeli wrote: On 12/14/2009 05:58 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote: As for wicd: I used that when working with Ubuntu and was always quite happy.

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-15 Thread Mikkel
On 12/15/2009 09:23 AM, William Case wrote: I have come to this thread late and only given it a cursory read. My knowledge of NetworkMangager is limited. However, in a response to my post Re: Fedora 12 -- A great new version !, Dec 13, Linuxguy123 makes the passing remark I didn't have

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-15 Thread Simon Andrews
On 11/12/2009 23:27, Simon Schneebeli wrote: Sam Varshavchik wrote: Simon Schneebeli writes: Through the network connection, I manage to establish a connection with my wireless ADSL model. It also works through a wired connection. Ping works. But neither Firefox nor any other programme manage

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-15 Thread Simon Schneebeli
On 12/15/2009 04:43 PM, Mikkel wrote: On 12/15/2009 09:23 AM, William Case wrote: I have come to this thread late and only given it a cursory read. My knowledge of NetworkMangager is limited. However, in a response to my post Re: Fedora 12 -- A great new version !, Dec 13, Linuxguy123

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-15 Thread Mikkel
On 12/15/2009 03:32 PM, Simon Schneebeli wrote: I've actually checked that. It's properly set and always was. The problem must be elsewhere. Astonishingly I have the same problem when I start from the live CD, and on the other hand I didn't have this problem when connecting to the wireless

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-15 Thread Robert Collard
May sound silly, but have you turned off your home modem or reset it lately? Sometimes that is all it takes. -- Robert Collard Springfield, IL Fedora 12 x86_64 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines:

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-15 Thread Jim
On 12/15/2009 08:36 PM, Robert Collard wrote: May sound silly, but have you turned off your home modem or reset it lately? Sometimes that is all it takes. To add to that, if you add a router, a computer and the Mac# changes some of these Internet Modems have to be reset to reconize the

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread simon . schneebeli
Quoting Rick Sewill rsew...@gmail.com: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 17:16 -0700, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Quoting H. Willstrand h.willstr...@gmail.com: On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: I currently have 6 Troubleshooter isues: - SELinux is preventing

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread R. G. Newbury
On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 13:35 -0700, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: At my brothers place I managed to connect to the internet with no problem. All programmes worked, so I could add all the additional programs I needed and install the latest updates. RPM: Couldn't resolve host To mention

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Monday 14 December 2009 16:58:36 R. G. Newbury wrote: At a console enter: 'service NetWorkManager stop' I guess that should read 'service NetworkManager stop'. Note the small w compared to the capital W. These things are case-sensitive, and can lead to problems if one is not careful. :-)

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 18:01 +, Marko Vojinovic wrote: On Monday 14 December 2009 16:58:36 R. G. Newbury wrote: At a console enter: 'service NetWorkManager stop' I guess that should read 'service NetworkManager stop'. Note the small w compared to the capital W. These things are

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread Rick Sewill
On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 11:58 -0500, R. G. Newbury wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 13:35 -0700, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: At my brothers place I managed to connect to the internet with no problem. All programmes worked, so I could add all the additional programs I needed and install

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread Simon Schneebeli
On 12/14/2009 05:58 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 13:35 -0700, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: At my brothers place I managed to connect to the internet with no problem. All programmes worked, so I could add all the additional programs I needed and install the latest

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread H. Willstrand
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Simon Schneebeli simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: On 12/14/2009 05:58 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 13:35 -0700, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: At my brothers place I managed to connect to the internet with no problem. All programmes

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread Craig White
On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 20:40 +0100, Simon Schneebeli wrote: On 12/14/2009 05:58 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote: As for wicd: I used that when working with Ubuntu and was always quite happy. So let's give it a try: I downloaded wicd from here: http://atrpms.net/dist/f12/wicd/ It tells me the

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread Simon Schneebeli
Here's what I get with ifconfig. [r...@sangam simon]# ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1A:6B:CE:85:A7 inet addr:192.168.1.33 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21a:6bff:fece:85a7/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread Simon Schneebeli
On 12/14/2009 08:52 PM, Craig White wrote: On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 20:40 +0100, Simon Schneebeli wrote: On 12/14/2009 05:58 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote: As for wicd: I used that when working with Ubuntu and was always quite happy. So let's give it a try: I downloaded wicd from here:

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread H. Willstrand
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Simon Schneebeli simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Here's what I get with ifconfig. [r...@sangam simon]# ifconfig eth0 eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1A:6B:CE:85:A7          inet addr:192.168.1.33  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0          

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread R. G. Newbury
Simon wrote: At my brothers place I managed to connect to the internet with no problem. All programmes worked, so I could add all the additional programs I needed and install the latest updates. Meanwhile, the wired connection works (was it because I manually added the DNS???, anyway it

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread Simon Schneebeli
On 12/14/2009 11:02 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote: Simon wrote: At my brothers place I managed to connect to the internet with no problem. All programmes worked, so I could add all the additional programs I needed and install the latest updates. Meanwhile, the wired connection works (was it

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread Simon Schneebeli
As for wicd: I used that when working with Ubuntu and was always quite happy. So let's give it a try: snip My, my. What a headache. These thing make me feel kind of lost... Simon Yes. It is actually simpler to download the 2 packages from wicd.sourceforge.net, and make make install. That

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-14 Thread Sam Sharpe
2009/12/14 Simon Schneebeli simon.schneeb...@okko.org: /usr/lib/python2.6/config/Makefile [...@samlap ~]$ sudo yum provides /usr/lib/python2.6/config/Makefile python-devel-2.6.2-2.fc12.i686 : The libraries and header files needed for : Python development. Repo

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 23:48 +, Sam Sharpe wrote: ... but that announcement was for 11:00 UTC 12/12/2009 - which is still well before your message saying it started in 20 minutes (which You're quite right. I was reading 11:00 as pm (it was late :-) poc -- fedora-list mailing list

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread simon . schneebeli
Hello all, My problem is definitively not linked to the fedora-webpage being down. Meanwhile I made some progress: At my brothers place I managed to connect to the internet with no problem. All programmes worked, so I could add all the additional programs I needed and install the latest

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread Aaron Gray
2009/12/11 Simon Schneebeli simon.schneeb...@okko.org Hello all, After having used Ubuntu since almost more than three years, I decided to give Fedora a try. The installation went perfectly fine. Everything was perfectly recognised. Now I face one big problem: I can't manage to connect to

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread H. Willstrand
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:35 PM, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Hello all, My problem is definitively not linked to the fedora-webpage being down. Meanwhile I made some progress: At my brothers place I managed to connect to the internet with no problem. All programmes worked, so I could

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread simon . schneebeli
Quoting H. Willstrand h.willstr...@gmail.com: On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:35 PM, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Hello all, My problem is definitively not linked to the fedora-webpage being down. Meanwhile I made some progress: At my brothers place I managed to connect to the internet with

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sunday 13 December 2009 12:35 PM, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Now, back home, my problem is the following: - DOES NOT WORK: Firefox, Thunderbird, Evolution (error connecting to the server) - DOES WORK: Opera, Sype, Software update, Ping. Could it be that IPV6 thing? I think recently

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 13:35 -0700, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Hello all, My problem is definitively not linked to the fedora-webpage being down. Meanwhile I made some progress: At my brothers place I managed to connect to the internet with no problem. All programmes worked, so

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread simon . schneebeli
Quoting Aaron Konstam akons...@sbcglobal.net: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 13:35 -0700, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Hello all, My problem is definitively not linked to the fedora-webpage being down. Meanwhile I made some progress: At my brothers place I managed to connect to the internet with

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread H. Willstrand
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 11:00 PM, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Quoting Aaron Konstam akons...@sbcglobal.net: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 13:35 -0700, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Hello all, My problem is definitively not linked to the fedora-webpage being down. Meanwhile I made some

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread Sam Sharpe
2009/12/13 simon.schneeb...@okko.org: Quoting Aaron Konstam akons...@sbcglobal.net: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 13:35 -0700, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Hello all, My problem is definitively not linked to the fedora-webpage being down. Meanwhile I made some progress: At my brothers place

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread simon . schneebeli
Q What strikes me about that list is the ones that don't work are NetworkManager aware - I wonder if NetworkManager is telling them the connection is offline. Do you have a NetworkManager icon in your systray? Does it show your network connection? How are you setting up your connection? What's

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread Sam Sharpe
2009/12/13 simon.schneeb...@okko.org: Q What strikes me about that list is the ones that don't work are NetworkManager aware - I wonder if NetworkManager is telling them the connection is offline. Do you have a NetworkManager icon in your systray? Does it show your network connection? How

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread simon . schneebeli
As mentioned in my first e-mail, Opera works fine (I use it to send these e-mails) as does Skype. I don't think (but as I don't use it I'd welcome corrections) that Opera gets information about whether the connection is up from NetworkManager. As for the differences between the network at

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread H. Willstrand
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:07 AM, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: What's that magic trick? I get to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/IndexAdmin and can surf around there without a problem. Magic? It's seams to be an DNS issue. FF fails to lookup the IP-number. During the installation of

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread H. Willstrand
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:20 AM, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: As mentioned in my first e-mail, Opera works fine (I use it to send these e-mails) as does Skype. I don't think (but as I don't use it I'd welcome corrections) that Opera gets information about whether the connection is up

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread simon . schneebeli
I currently have 6 Troubleshooter isues: - SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/python write access on sysctl.conf - SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/python setattr access on sysctl.conf. - SELinux is preventing /bin/find getattr access to /var/lib/misc/prelink.full - SELinux is preventing /bin/bash

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread H. Willstrand
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: I currently have 6 Troubleshooter isues: - SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/python write access on sysctl.conf - SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/python setattr access on sysctl.conf. - SELinux is preventing /bin/find getattr

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread simon . schneebeli
Quoting H. Willstrand h.willstr...@gmail.com: On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: I currently have 6 Troubleshooter isues: - SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/python write access on sysctl.conf - SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/python setattr access on sysctl.conf.

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread Rick Sewill
On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 17:16 -0700, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Quoting H. Willstrand h.willstr...@gmail.com: On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: I currently have 6 Troubleshooter isues: - SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/python write access on

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-13 Thread simon . schneebeli
Quoting Rick Sewill rsew...@gmail.com: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 17:16 -0700, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Quoting H. Willstrand h.willstr...@gmail.com: On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM, simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: I currently have 6 Troubleshooter isues: - SELinux is preventing

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Simon Schneebeli simon.schneeb...@okko.org wrote: Firefox simply tells me: Server not found. Firefox can't find the server at start.fedoraproject.org. I really have no idea what the problem might be. Try wiping your Firefox cache and restarting. Also, as

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-12 Thread Greg Woods
On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 07:29 +0100, Simon Schneebeli wrote: Firefox simply tells me: Server not found. Firefox can't find the server at start.fedoraproject.org. There have been several postings from Fedora people indicating that the project web site is going to be down for 48 hours for a

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 09:11 -0700, Greg Woods wrote: On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 07:29 +0100, Simon Schneebeli wrote: Firefox simply tells me: Server not found. Firefox can't find the server at start.fedoraproject.org. There have been several postings from Fedora people indicating that the

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-12 Thread Sam Sharpe
2009/12/12 Patrick O'Callaghan pocallag...@gmail.com: There have been several postings from Fedora people indicating that the project web site is going to be down for 48 hours for a physical move. Firefox out of the box on a fresh Fedora install uses this as the default start page. If you can

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 22:53 +, Sam Sharpe wrote: 2009/12/12 Patrick O'Callaghan pocallag...@gmail.com: There have been several postings from Fedora people indicating that the project web site is going to be down for 48 hours for a physical move. Firefox out of the box on a fresh Fedora

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-12 Thread Sam Sharpe
2009/12/12 Patrick O'Callaghan pocallag...@gmail.com: On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 22:53 +, Sam Sharpe wrote: 2009/12/12 Patrick O'Callaghan pocallag...@gmail.com: There have been several postings from Fedora people indicating that the project web site is going to be down for 48 hours for a

Help: No internet connection

2009-12-11 Thread Simon Schneebeli
Hello all, After having used Ubuntu since almost more than three years, I decided to give Fedora a try. The installation went perfectly fine. Everything was perfectly recognised. Now I face one big problem: I can't manage to connect to the internet. Through the network connection, I manage

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-11 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Simon Schneebeli writes: Hello all, After having used Ubuntu since almost more than three years, I decided to give Fedora a try. The installation went perfectly fine. Everything was perfectly recognised. Now I face one big problem: I can't manage to connect to the internet. Through the

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-11 Thread Simon Schneebeli
Sam Varshavchik wrote: Simon Schneebeli writes: Hello all, After having used Ubuntu since almost more than three years, I decided to give Fedora a try. The installation went perfectly fine. Everything was perfectly recognised. Now I face one big problem: I can't manage to connect to the

Re: Help: No internet connection

2009-12-11 Thread Simon Schneebeli
Firefox simply tells me: Server not found. Firefox can't find the server at start.fedoraproject.org. I really have no idea what the problem might be. Sam Varshavchik wrote: Simon Schneebeli writes: Hello all, After having used Ubuntu since almost more than three years, I decided to give