Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 00:46 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > On 12/28/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Note that next time you reboot, the resolv.conf file could be reset. > > Please set up the ISPs nameservers again and post back here if that > > happens. Also, I suggest reportin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Dave Briggs
On 12/28/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Note that next time you reboot, the resolv.conf file could be reset. > Please set up the ISPs nameservers again and post back here if that > happens. Also, I suggest reporting this GUI problem at launchpad.net if > you can figure out how.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 00:18 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > Only now it said it was installing some updates, and nothing is > working (menus etc) except for this FireFox window... should I be > worried? Hm, odd. I'd suggest waiting until the updates seem to have finished installing (ie, disk becomes q

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Dave Briggs
On 12/28/06, Dave Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Only now it said it was installing some updates, and nothing is > working (menus etc) except for this FireFox window... should I be > worried? The whole computer seized up completely and now the internet has disappeared again. Am pretty fed up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Dave Briggs
Only now it said it was installing some updates, and nothing is working (menus etc) except for this FireFox window... should I be worried? On 12/28/06, Dave Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/27/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You previously showed that your resolv.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Dave Briggs
On 12/27/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You previously showed that your resolv.conf had your modem as the first > nameserver with your ISPs DNS servers as second and third. Could you try > moving the modem's IP to after the ISPs nameservers in your resolv.conf > then restarting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 19:21 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > On 12/27/06, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If this all works, I suggest it's a browser problem. > > Sadly, it didn't: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ wget http://slashdot.org > --19:13:44-- http://slashdot.org/ >=> `ind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread James T
Hi, I guess it could be either: 1) DNS - but you have checked this using dig and firefox doesn't stall as "looking up www.foo.bar". Also you seem to be able to connect using just the IP address. Either way, I would recommend setting your DNS servers to the OpenDNS servers - which are very rel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Dave Briggs
On 12/27/06, Pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This guy > http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Ubuntu/2006-05/msg01681.html > seems to be having a similar problem, and he mentions a workaround > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StaticDnsWithDhcp) which appears > to involve setting static DNS entries. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Pat
On 27/12/06, Dave Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ wget http://slashdot.org --19:13:44-- http://slashdot.org/ => `index.html' Resolving slashdot.org... 1.0.0.0 Connecting to slashdot.org|1.0.0.0|:80... [endlessly] Gah! Any more ideas? -- Dave Briggs Sorry

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Dave Briggs
On 12/27/06, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If this all works, I suggest it's a browser problem. Sadly, it didn't: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ wget http://slashdot.org --19:13:44-- http://slashdot.org/ => `index.html' Resolving slashdot.org... 1.0.0.0 Connecting to slashdot.org|1.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Tony Arnold
Dave, On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:48:53 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > On 12/27/06, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Have you tried typing http://66.35.250.151 as the URL in your browser? >> Oh, and which browser are you using? > > Just did - the message in the status bar was "Transferring d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Dave Briggs
On 12/27/06, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried typing http://66.35.250.151 as the URL in your browser? > Oh, and which browser are you using? Just did - the message in the status bar was "Transferring data from 66.35.250.151", with the progress bar stuck at about halfway alo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Tony Arnold
Dave, Dave Briggs wrote: > On 12/22/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Could you try "dig " with replaced with the >> failing site that you're trying to view in the web browser, eg: > > Thanks - I got the same result as you. Nothing coming up in the > browser yet though... >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Dave Briggs
On 12/22/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could you try "dig " with replaced with the > failing site that you're trying to view in the web browser, eg: Thanks - I got the same result as you. Nothing coming up in the browser yet though... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dig www.slashdot.o