[Cialug] Xubuntu question

[Tom Pohl]

Is Firefox setup to use a local proxy server on the box that isn't  
running?

-Tom

On Apr 4, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Stuart Thiessen wrote:

> Yep it is working online.
>
> It says:
>
> The connection has timed out.
>
> The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. (I have  
> another computer on the same network that can access the page just  
> fine).
>
> If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network  
> connection. (I can install programs through the package manager or  
> ping outside).
>
> If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy,  
> make sure that firefox is permitted to access the web. (How do I  
> check for the firewall on Xubuntu? I don't see anything through the  
> gui that allows me to check firewall settings, but if Konqueror can  
> read the pages, then Firefox should too, right?
>
> Stuart
> On Apr 4, 2007, at 14:27, Tim Wilson wrote:
>
>> I'm sure you've checked this, but make sure Firefox thinks your
>> online.  For some reason, when I'm using wireless on Suse, Firefox
>> always puts me in offline mode.  Just a thought.
>>
>>
>> On 4/4/07, Matthew Nuzum <matthew.nuzum at canonical.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 13:23 -0500, Stuart Thiessen wrote:
>>> > I just wanted to let you all know that I did get that xubuntu  
>>> installed
>>> > and figured out getting lilo working. So that is done.
>>> >
>>> > Now I have a strange situation ... I can ping outside our  
>>> network, but
>>> > I cannot get Firefox to bring up websites, but Konqueror can. I  
>>> tried
>>> > Galleon, Epiphany, Kazehakase without any luck either.
>>> >
>>> > Any ideas why that would be?
>>>
>>> Nope.
>>>
>>> But, you've obviously given up before using the *best* web browser.
>>>
>>>   sudo apt-get install w3m w3m-img
>>>   w3m http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers
>>>
>>> In case you've never seen a console browser show images, brace your
>>> self, it's insane. http://people.ubuntu.com/~mnuzum/tmp/w3m.png
>>>
>>> OK, just kidding, w3m isn't that good, but it is a fun  
>>> alternative to
>>> lynx. Maybe its the "best" browser the way "ed" is the best  
>>> editor. :-)
>>> --
>>> Matthew Nuzum
>>> newz2000 on freenode
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Cialug mailing list
>>> Cialug at cialug.org
>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Tim
>> _______________________________________________
>> Cialug mailing list
>> Cialug at cialug.org
>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Cialug mailing list
> Cialug at cialug.org
> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug
>