[wellylug] odd browser behavior

[Cliff Pratt]

bob dugan wrote:
> I just installed suse9.3.
> 
> When used as a web browser, Konqueror behaves oddly.  
> 
> When pointed at common urls [www.google.com, www.paradise.net.nz, www.nyt.com, 
> www.yahoo.com], the browser often [but not always] returns the "error 
> occurred while loading . . . unknown host: . . ." message.  The same erratic 
> behaviour occurs when entering the urls from the bookmarks. 
> 
> Over the course of ten minutes, I made 50 url entries [of ten common urls].  
> Of these, around half returned the "unknown host" message.  Some 
> [www.google.com] never worked, whilst others [www.spiegel.de] worked 90% of 
> the time.
> 
> The same test on Firefox doesnt result in any similar problems.
> 
> A look around the lists shows others experiencing the same problem.  The only 
> suggestion was to disable IPV6.
> 
How's the resolver set up on your system?

Cheers,

Cliff