Problems in browsing in opera - Mandriva

I have a problem browsing with opera which started when I upgraded from
Mandriva 2007.

I cannot access any pages on the web at all. The web can be accessed
normally using other browsers such as Firefox or Konqueror. My email
program and newsreader also work OK, so I would appear that my internet
connection is OK.

I am now running "Mandriva Linux release 2008.0 (Official) for i586"

The browser shows:

Error!
Network problem

You tried to access the address http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page,
which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the Web address
(URL) is correctly spelled and punctuated, then try reloading the page.
Make sure your Internet connection is active and check whether other
applications that rely on the same connection are working.
Check that the setup of any Internet security software is correct and
does not interfere with ordinary Web browsing.
If you are behind a firewall on a Local Area Network and think this may
be causing problems, talk to your systems administrator.
Try pressing the F12 key on your keyboard and disabling proxy servers,
unless you know that you are required to use a proxy to connect to the
Internet. Reload the page

Running opera -debugdns and trying to connect to Wikipedia gives the
following output:

dns: Resolving 'en.wikipedia.org'
dns: Trying IPv6 lookup for host 'en.wikipedia.org'...
dns: Thread created
dns: gethostbyname failed with return value 34 (Numerical result out of
range). hostent pointernil)
dns: Trying IPv4 lookup for host 'en.wikipedia.org'...
dns: gethostbyname failed with return value 34 (Numerical result out of
range). hostent pointernil)
dns: Resolving 'en.wikipedia.org'
dns: Trying IPv6 lookup for host 'en.wikipedia.org'...
dns: gethostbyname failed with return value 34 (Numerical result out of
range). hostent pointernil)
dns: Trying IPv4 lookup for host 'en.wikipedia.org'...
dns: gethostbyname failed with return value 34 (Numerical result out of
range). hostent pointernil)
dns: Thread created

The contents of /etc/modules.conf is:

alias net-pf-10 off

The contents of /etc/modprobe.conf is:

alias eth0 sis900
alias sound-slot-0 snd_intel8x0
alias net-pf-10 off
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe usb_storage; /bin/true
remove snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; /sbin/modprobe
--first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install
snd-intel8x0 && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ohci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd;
/bin/true
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
blacklist audio
blacklist snd-usb-audio
install ide-controller /sbin/modprobe sis5513; /bin/true

The contents of /etc/resolv.conf is:

# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by
# resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 192.168.1.254
search home

The primary DNS (as shown by my router) is 194.72.0.114

Any ideas on how to correct this problem?

--
Chris

Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute,
but set him on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:15:13 +0000, Chris Slade wrote:

> I have a problem browsing with opera which started when I upgraded from
> Mandriva 2007.
>
> I cannot access any pages on the web at all. The web can be accessed
> normally using other browsers such as Firefox or Konqueror. My email
> program and newsreader also work OK, so I would appear that my internet
> connection is OK.
>
Why not just use firefox as it works? I can't see any real problem.
--
Neil
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Linux user 335851

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:15:13 -0500, Chris Slade wrote:

> I have a problem browsing with opera which started when I upgraded from
> Mandriva 2007.

If the network access is working for other browsers, then it has to be
an opera related problem.

Which version of opera?

You can try "opera -pd ~/testopera", to see if it's a problem with the
settings in any of the .opera/*.ini files.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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On 2008-01-11, Chris Slade wrote:
> I have a problem browsing with opera which started when I upgraded from
> Mandriva 2007.
>
> I cannot access any pages on the web at all. The web can be accessed
> normally using other browsers such as Firefox or Konqueror. My email
> program and newsreader also work OK, so I would appear that my internet
> connection is OK.
>
> I am now running "Mandriva Linux release 2008.0 (Official) for i586"

[...]

> The contents of /etc/resolv.conf is:
>
> # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by
> # resolvconf(8)
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
> nameserver 192.168.1.254
> search home

That nameserver address would be a machine on your local network if there
is one with that IP number. If there isn't a nameserver there, I'd be
wondering how any of your programs are finding anything.

On my Mdv2008 system, when setting up the network connections, I selected
'Get DNS servers from DHCP' and my resolve.conf contains the primary and
secondary DNS servers that the router has been set up to provide. The
alternative is to unselect that option and enter the DNS server IP numbers
you want to use.

> The primary DNS (as shown by my router) is 194.72.0.114

That seems to belong to BT.net

> Any ideas on how to correct this problem?

Edit the network connection in 'Configure your computer - Network and
Internet - Set up a new network interface' to either 'Get ... from DHCP'
or with the IP numbers of your preferred DNS servers.

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On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:15:13 +0000, Chris Slade wrote:

> I have a problem browsing with opera which started when I upgraded from
> Mandriva 2007.

That's because Opera sucks dick, big time.

Use a real browser. I'd suggest Firefox, or Seamonkey.




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On 2008-01-11, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:15:13 -0500, Chris Slade wrote:
>
>> I have a problem browsing with opera which started when I upgraded from
>> Mandriva 2007.

> Which version of opera?

Version information
Version 9.25
Build 687
Platform Linux
System i686, 2.6.22.12-desktop-1mdv
Qt library 3.3.8
Java Java Runtime Environment installed

Browser identification
Opera/9.25 (X11; Linux i686; U; en)

> You can try "opera -pd ~/testopera", to see if it's a problem with the
> settings in any of the .opera/*.ini files.

I tried that. I got the same network problem message as before, and
there were no errors on the console.
--
Chris

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but only be able to drive backwards with the handbrake on.

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:11:07 -0500, Chris Slade wrote:

> I tried that. I got the same network problem message as before, and
> there were no errors on the console.

While the "alias net-pf-10 off" should be disabling the ipv6, check
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and ensure you have
IPV6INIT=no
IPV6TO4INIT=no
Replace eth0, with the correct nic id. See if that makes any difference..

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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