Just about driven to pull my hair out with Firefox

[NoOp]

On 09/20/2010 07:28 PM, Anthony Papillion wrote:
>> Then why didn't to you come back and report that in the original thread:
>> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/220005
> 
> Probably because I assumed nobody would read a 4 month old thread in which I
> had already said the problem was solved (though it remanifested). My
> apologies for the oversight and wasting the lists time with a double post.
> 
>> Have you tested with other browsers (yes there are others) to see if the
>> problem exists in those as well?
> 
> Yes, I am aware that there are other browsers and I've tried a few others
> with the same result (which I said in my previous reply in this thread).
> That's why I'd finally accepted it as an IPv6 issue since it was present in
> multiple browsers and not just in Firefox.

Try this:
http://pctechtips.org/disable-ipv6-in-ubuntu-10-04-lucid/
...
> Thank you all for your time. It's appreciated.  Now. I'll go do more
> research and hopefully find a solution. If not, well, that could mean the
> end of Ubuntu for me since NO browser seems to work. Shame too as I really
> love the OS.

Your choice, but I reckon that _if_ it is an IPV6 issue the the problem
most likely is with your router rather than the OS. Specifically, what
router + firmware version & details on your network setup would be helpful.