Firefox Issues in 12.1

English Applications
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For the life of me I cannot get firefox to load a majority of websites - even sites that offer to tell you how to fix firefox issues.

I use chrome to down adobe flash player because firefox wouln’t/couldn’t open the adobe page, which flash player did not fix.

I like firefox and would like to use it.

Does anybody know how to make it work, or at least play nice with others?

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Please post result of

zypper lr -d
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 1 | Updates-for-openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4 | Updates for openSUSE 12.1 12.1-1.4 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | [Index of /update/12.1](http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.1/)                                        |        
 2 | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4             | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4              | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  |  cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GH24NS50_K0021FN2834,/dev/sr0  |        
 3 | repo-debug                         | openSUSE-12.1-Debug                | No      | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | [Index of /debug/distribution/12.1/repo/oss](http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/)                   |        
 4 | repo-debug-update                  | openSUSE-12.1-Update-Debug         | No      | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | [Index of /debug/update/12.1](http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/12.1/)                                  |        
 5 | repo-non-oss                       | openSUSE-12.1-Non-Oss              | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | [Index of /distribution/12.1/repo/non-oss](http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1/repo/non-oss/)                     |        
 6 | repo-oss                           | openSUSE-12.1-Oss                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | [Index of /distribution/12.1/repo/oss](http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/)                         |        
 7 | repo-source
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Once you have run online updates, flash player will get installed as will the latest version of firefox.
You might also want to run the multimedia from this
http://forums.opensuse.org/content/107-re-multi-media-restricted-format-installation-guide.html

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I have completed all the steps you suggested and indeed, firefox did update to 13.0.
Chromium works great but firefox still produces “Firefox can’t find the server at www.etcetc.com” when I try to navigate to most websites, including this forum.

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Try renaming your hidden folder

.mozilla

to .mozilla-old

start firefox again.

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And where might I find this file?

(I am a linux newb)

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In your home directory. Basically if you open a shell and type cd without arguments it will take you to your home directory. It should be /home/username. To check type pwd.

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I can not find a file named .mozilla

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On 06/20/12 12:36, coasterad pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> I can not find a file named .mozilla
>
>
code

ll -a | grep moz

By default when you use ll (two lower case L) it will not show “hidden”
files/folders.

HTH

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Firefox 13 has a new feature where you can Reset your profile, with no need to look for the hidden .mozilla folder, and renaming it.

Open Firefox, select Help > Troubleshooting Information, click on the Reset Firefox button. It will preserve all your bookmarks, passwords, browsing history, and other information. Add-ons will have to be reinstalled.

This is the official Firefox Support Home Page | Firefox Help

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ok, thank you - I was able to find the file and rename it but firefox is still “unable locate server” to most of my favorite websites

13

Thank you.
I found the file and renamed it but firefox still returns the “firefox cannot locate server” error for most of my favorite websites.

14

I did try your suggestion without any success.

15

So you can delete the new .mozilla and bring the old one back… do you follow?

Open Firefox
From the menu > File > make sure ‘Work Offline is NOT checked’

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ok - done
Firefox can’t find the server at xxx.intellicast.com.

17

These kinds of errors suggest a DNS problem. Possibly, firefox is setting a short time limit for a hostname lookup.

I occasionally get those errors, but usually only with sites that have poorly setup DNS. Often, a retry works.

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I get that error message on over 50% of the sites I try to visit.
Also, firefox is still having issues displaying graphics - for instance on facebook, most of the images do not display in firefox but do in chrome.
Chrome has no issues navigating to any site I wish.

I guess I’m just relegated to using Chrome until the mozilla folks get their browser together.

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the problem was this -

network.dns.disableIPv6

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Am 20.06.2012 22:46, schrieb coasterad:
>
> the problem was this -
>
> network.dns.disableIPv6

Did you set this to true now and everything works?

In that case:
No, that was not the problem but a way to workaround your real problem.

Your network and/or DNS infrastructure is broken. This is a pretty
complex thing to fix though but given that IPv6 is probably really
getting some attention nowadays (we just had World IPv6 Day again) it
would be good to prepare oneself.