How about trying it from a different user account? --Don
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]>wrote: > > Yes, networking works and elinks is able to display google.com and > other sites just fine. I haven't tried Konqueror, yet, as I do not > have it installed, but will shortly. I was trying Nautilus, but I > guess it cannot be used as a web browser. > > As for Firefox, I create a new profile which exhibits the same problem > I also tried uninstalling and then re-installing Firefox. Same > problem. I started Firefox from the command line, capturing output, > but nothing is logged. If it weren't for the JavaScript issue, I > would say it's a problem with name resolution. But since even the > javascript pseudo-protocol doesn't work, I'm puzzled. > > And it's only this one installation in a VM. All my other Ubuntu > installs have Firefox working just fine. > > Regards, > - Robert > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Don Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do you have another browser to compare it with? Maybe Konqueror -- see if > it > > behaves any differently. I assume you've tried ping or lynx or other > command > > line tools to confirm anything is working, and that you've shut down and > > started up (not reboot -- sometimes it seems to not quite clear > everything > > out) to see if that changes anything. > > --Don Ellis > > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> I discovered I can open html files. For example, I create a file > >> foo.html containing this: > >> > >> <html> <body> hello world </body> </html> > >> > >> and that displayed. If I modify that html to this: > >> > >> <html> > >> <body> > >> hello world > >> <a href="http://google.com";>google</a> > >> </body> > >> </html> > >> > >> Firefox displays the page and even shows the hyperlink, but Firefox > >> does not follow the link to Google. > >> > >> Thoughts? > >> > >> Regards, > >> - Robert > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > How can I figure out why won't Firefox display any pages? > >> > > >> > I'm running Firefox 3.0.14 in Ubuntu 8.10. When I type in > >> > http://google.com in the address field nothing appears. In fact, > even > >> > if I type javascript, it doesn't display. For example, this should > >> > pop up an alert with "hello world": > >> > > >> > javascript:alert("hello world"); > >> > > >> > How can I go about figuring out what's wrong? > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > - Robert > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
