Browser set up.

[Walter]

Walter wrote:
> I have a problem that has bugged me for a while needs sorting out.
> I  have trouble viewing certain websites. I have Ubuntu 7.10, 8.04B 
> and have tried a variety of Linux OS, and different browsers.
> I cannot view my own website, my ISP www.Plus.net and a bank, 
> www.sainsburysbank.co.uk. Most other sites and banks are OK .
>
> Also others don't seem to have this trouble in their Linux setup.  F/F 
> 2 & 3 have no trouble with any of these site in 'XP'.
> It seems the problem is the typical setup and difficult sites.
>
> My spec here is reasonable, 2GB memory, Amd 3200XP, adsl usually about 
> 4 Mb down 0.4 Mb up. I have 3 others systems running a lesser specs, 
> all with the same trouble.
>
> My own page, www.walterreed.co.uk hosted by orange.co.uk, starts to 
> download the top adverts header,(not mine) but then sticks and gets no 
> further. The difficult header is not my inclusion but a penalty of a 
> free webserver!
> Synaptic tells me I have:
> 'flashplugin-nonfree,(the description mentions Adobe)
> 'sun-java6 plug in'
> Adobe flashplayer_9_linux.
> (no Php(?) is installed )
>
> Are there any other plugins/libs I should have?
>
> Suggestions from this group would be appreciated.
>
>   
 Karl  wrote>> I looked at your web page and your a Ham Radio boating 
buff. Looks fine to me here in NM,USA. I >>do have java 6 and the Adobe 
plugin's. <<



Thanks for confirming that Karl, you think I have the same plugins, so  
any suggestion what is causing the block?  The sites are not on a black 
list and I have also included them on 'accept cookies from these sites'

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Regards,
Walter