Gmail, and other sites hang

bobbymcsteels · n00b Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 29 Location: N.Wales

Ok bout 3 days ago I installed gentoo using genkernel had a few problems with portage and my dns but sorted now, and internet is working fine.... kinda, some sites time out like gmail where as others are instant.... Tried using firefox, mozilla, opera and konqueror and still no avail.... Any ideas?
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free-zombie · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 9:40 pm Post subject:

Do the problem sites all maake heavy use of JavaScript (AJAXy stuff etc) ? gmail definately does.

bobbymcsteels · n00b Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 29 Location: N.Wales

yeah.... as far as I know I havent emerged any java.... So that mite be the problem....?
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mikegpitt · Advocate Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 3224

Are you sure it's not a problem with you DNS resolution? A good test is to ping some site, and see how long it takes to start returning pings. I have seen this a few times with friends broadband connections. All of a sudden resolution takes forever, and then when it resolves pages load up instantly.

A way to solve this is to turn off your modem and rounter, and hope when it comes back online it gives you new DNS servers. Another way is to specify alternative DNS servers for your system to use.

bobbymcsteels · n00b Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 29 Location: N.Wales

thinkin bout it I had a problem with ubuntu similar to this,http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=166989 I would try to apt-get something but apt would time out, unless I would head to the repos url with konqueror and it would work, same thing happening here, I.m using opera and gmail, google and lots of other sites dont work, but if i try them in konqueror 1st then try in opera the come up instantly.... Not sure how to correct the problem tho.
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free-zombie · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject:

javascript and java are completely unrelated (excepting name and some syntax facets)

bobbymcsteels · n00b Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 29 Location: N.Wales

okie dokie.... Thouhgt they were like brother and sisters

Any idea how to fix?
Whats the prog called where there is a gui way to sort out my networking info?
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jerkface · n00b Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Posts: 65 Location: Tacoma, Wa

I was having a similar problem with firefox. Try going to https://mail.google.com instead of http://mail.google.com

It worked for me. :twisted:

Better late than never, right?
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opentaka · l33t Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Japan

here in konqueror 3.5.3 I am unable to display digg (digg.com), I can view it okay without javascript but it's useless cause then I can not digg anything(they use javascript in most of the functions)
i can view it okay with firefox

anyone having the same problem?
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