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gwibber package

  1. Bug #530195
  2. Comment #99

Comment 99 for bug 530195

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bernhard (bernhardredl) wrote : Re: gwibber tries to call has_key on list---twitter doesnot work

ORIGIN OF THE PROBLEM: NXDOMAIN DNS Server

My ISP is using this new feature called NXDOMAIN redirecting.
With this feature the browser displays an isp search page for None existing domains.

for example:
http://www.asfsdfaasdf.com/

how it works: if you request an none existing domain the dns server sends you the ip of an "search server" of the isp.

it seems gwibber or one of the python libs has a problem if the DNS server does not correclty answer queries.
I changed my dns server to one that correctly reply with NXDOMAIN and now EVERYTHING is WORKING

you may also try http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/ or as mentioned opendns.

hope this information helps the developer to fix the problem.