FC12 , DNS Problems

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Thu Dec 10 19:16:38 UTC 2009


Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Jim writes:
> 
>> FC12/KDE
>> I'm having DNS problems.
>>
>> I can't get Firefox to goto linuxtoday.com , lxer.com , or 
>> rpmfusion.org ,
>> but I can goto yahoo.com , foxnews.com .
>>
>> I have to do in Firefox a about:config and inject 
>> "network.dns.disableIPv6"
>> to get all websites.
>>
>> I can't use Konqueror WebBrowser  and goto linuxtoday.com , lxer.com , 
>> or rpmfusion.org,
>> But I can goto yahoo.com , foxnews.com .
>>
>> Doing a http://www. doesn't make any difference in both browsers.
>>
>> I have to make a /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf file and put
>> " prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1; " to get Konqueror Webbrowser 
>> to goto all Websites.
>>
>> I have two other FC12 boxes on this local network and have no problems 
>> like this.
>>
>> What is the problem in FC12 ?
> 
> Go into network configuration (system-config-network). Open the 
> properties tab for your network device. If "Enable IPv6 configuration 
> for this device" is checked, turn it off.
> 
I was going to suggest finishing the IPv6 config process, but that works.

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