Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Strange Browser behavior

Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
    #1

    Strange Browser behavior

    Just updated a working Kubuntu installation on a Dell Optiplex. KDE launches and has no issues with downloading or installing updates.
    I can ping sites from within terminal without any issue.

    Problem is neither Firefox or Opera are able to display any pages EXECEPT Google.
    Click on any search results and all either browser show is an error screen.
    If I just try and launch any bookmarked sites I get an hourglass and eventually partial page load or another error.
    (I'm not at the machine otherwise I'd provide the exact error message.)

    Any thoughts as to why since both worked just fine with 14.

    I also tried looking at the network settings and the only thing I found in the settings is proxy and some other settings.
    What happened to the ip, gateway, netmask etc?
    Tags: None
    • Top
    • Bottom
    #2
    your connection's settings are usually accessed via the network manager widget - the funky icon to the very right of the widget, just above Active Connections.

    Odd problem, but sounds like a DNS issue.
    • Top
    • Bottom

    Comment

      #3
      Originally posted by claydoh View Post
      your connection's settings are usually accessed via the network manager widget - the funky icon to the very right of the widget, just above Active Connections.

      Odd problem, but sounds like a DNS issue.
      Don't think so since I have other PCs connected to the same U-Verse modem and they all surf fine.
      • Top
      • Bottom

      Comment

        #4
        What's the output of wget -S http://www.1112.net/lastpage.html -O -?

        It's a very simple text page. The command above should display the following:
        Code:
        steve@x250:~/junk$ [B]wget -S http://www.1112.net/lastpage.html -O -[/B]
--2015-05-07 19:41:04--  http://www.1112.net/lastpage.html
Resolving www.1112.net (www.1112.net)... 54.165.130.55
Connecting to www.1112.net (www.1112.net)|54.165.130.55|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Date: Fri, 08 May 2015 02:47:52 GMT
  Server: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
  Last-Modified: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:48:57 GMT
  ETag: "19a-4bb4ade379040"
  Accept-Ranges: bytes
  Content-Length: 410
  Vary: Accept-Encoding
  Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
  Connection: Keep-Alive
  Content-Type: text/html
Length: 410 [text/html]
Saving to: ‘STDOUT’

- 0%[                                                                                    ]       0  --.-KB/s             <html>
  <head>
    <title>The Last Page of the Internet</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <center>
      <h1><b><u>Attention:</u></b></h1>
      <p><br><strong> You have reached the very last page of the Internet.</strong></p>
      <p><br><strong> We hope you have enjoyed your browsing.</strong></p>
      <p><br><strong> Now turn off your computer and go outside.</strong></p>
    </center>
  </body>
</html>
- 100%[===================================================================================>]     410  --.-KB/s   in 0s     

2015-05-07 19:41:04 (90.3 MB/s) - written to stdout [410/410]
        • Top
        • Bottom

        Comment

          #5
          Steve,
          I have a laptop running the same version and it works just fine.
          When I type the command on the desk machine (the Dell 7010) I get:
          Resolving www.1112.net (www.1112.net)... 54.165.130.55
          connecting to www.1112.net.... failed: No route to host.
          So where to start looking?
          • Top
          • Bottom

          Comment

            #6
            Solved

            Geeze... I got it working. Since when does a desktop machine have "Airplane" mode?
            Clicking on the network connection in the system tray has an icon of an airplane.
            When I clicked on it it turned black and now I can surf everywhere.
            Too weird.

            Bone to pick with developers. Something about this new interface is making it hard for me to tell when items are or are not selected.
            • Top
            • Bottom

            Comment

              #7
              Originally posted by slk230 View Post
              Something about this new interface is making it hard for me to tell when items are or are not selected.
              I agree. Observe, for instance, the screen shot of a drop down menu with three items enabled:



              A blue square indicates "enabled." However, the second item is highlighted, so the square turns white. This is confusing: white squares indicate "disabled."
              • Top
              • Bottom

              Comment

              Previous template Next
              Working...
              X