Comment 6 for bug 474629
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| Lawrence H. Bulk (lhbcomm) wrote Re: Firefox 3.5.4 Will Not Load Most Pages Using 'Karmic' Via Verizon Wireless DSL - DOES Load Them Using Wireless Dial-up Account | #6 |
Dear Joe,
I could not understand why no one else complained of this problem; I thought, "how could I be the only one?" And the same problem affected both my and my wife's computers (identical models, however).
So while I'm sorry you've had the problem, I am glad that evidently I am not the only one! I'm certain that you are right - more people are going to have this happen and I hope that this 'bug,' for that's what it appears to be, can be quickly corrected.
Both of the solutions I copied above worked. After I was "on" the computer for a while this morning (after using both of the solutions), I turned off my computer - and I ALSO turned off (disconnected the power supply to) my wireless router.
When I came home after completing my errands, I plugged in and turned on the router and I turned on the computer.
Everything works fine.
I suspect that most people leave their DSL or cable routers activated all the time (we do not) and, perhaps, they will not see any problem; after all, when I first installed 'Karmic,' everything worked fine, even when I shut down the computer and restarted it. I did NOT, at that time, shut down the wireless router; we generally do that only at night (or if we are both going out).
If this problem is indeed a 'bug,' (as I suspect it is) the first time there is a power failure at someone's house and their router is disconnected, when they reactivate it, they too may have this problem (unless this 'bug' can be corrected).
The "fix" turns out to be easy; but you have to know about it! And, if you can't load internet pages, how are you going to find out? (I copied the "fix" into an OpenOffice document and saved it to my computer - plus I backed it up to an external hard drive!)
Anyway, I hope your situation is also fixed by Actionparsnip's and Wojox's solutions. They worked for me.
And if the "fix" works for you, would you please add a comment here informing me and anyone else interested of that fact? (And if it doesn't, please comment on that too!)
Thanks for writing.
Lawrence