Mehul Ved wrote: > On Sun May 04, 2008 at 03:00:26PM +0530, Rony wrote: > >> Firefox (Ice Weasel) does not open any sites. The net >> is the Triband ADSL modem and in the gnome-terminal as well as konsole, >> dig, ping as well as ftp download works. >> > > Maybe you can try by disabling ipv6? > 1) Type about:config in location bar > 2) In filter box type ipv6 > 3) network.dns.disableIPv6 change the value to true by right click and > toggle. > This, will disable IPv6 for firefox. Maybe this could help. > > Also have you tried with any other browser? > I will be visiting the place again and will carry out the checks and also use other browsers. Live cds will also be tried out. However, in my own Etch that I use, ipv6 is not disabled and I use the net normally. This has never happened in any distro that I have tried or used so far.
I had no idea about the about:config method in firefox. Thanks for the tip. :-) -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
