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From: Cocoy Dayao <cocoy.dayao@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] firefox-bin can't see the web but firefox 64-bit and konqueror does.
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:14:38
Message-Id: ADB52567-2520-4034-AD75-735F349463E8@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] firefox-bin can't see the web but firefox 64-bit and konqueror does. by Neil Bothwick
1 i apologize if you get this twice now. i got an error message from the
2 list saying this message was undelivered by pigeon.gentoo.org, so i am
3 resending.
4
5 On Mar 13, 2008, at 10:43 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
6
7 > On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:48:51 +0800, Cocoy Dayao wrote:
8 >
9 >> So the family computer at home is my old amd64 running gentoo. mostly
10 >> people in the house use it to just check their mail, browse youtube
11 >> and play online flash games. i have firefox-bin and firefox 64
12 >> installed. it's been running that for years on end. now all of a
13 >> sudden, firefox-bin couldn't connect to the internet but firefox 64
14 >> and conqueror can. ping, traceroute from the same machine works. i've
15 >> check the network settings on -bin, and its configured to point
16 >> direct
17 >> to the internet as it should be. no proxy in this house. so i'm
18 >> pretty
19 >> sure network is good.
20 >
21 > First guess, -bin is using IPv6, check about:config
22 >
23
24 yep. it was toggled after all.
25
26 >> Also, is there someway to install flash to run with firefox 64? i've
27 >> used google and the wiki says the 32-bit firefox is still the only
28 >> one
29 >> running for AMD64.
30 >
31 > Install nspluginwrapper, which makes 32 bit plugins work with a 64 bit
32 > browser.
33 >
34
35
36 i've emerged nspluginwrapper. i won't be using 32-bit firefox anymore.
37
38 Thank you! greatly appreciate the help!
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40 Cocoy
41 "People who are really serious about software should make their own
42 hardware." --Alan Kay
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