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From: Eric Phillips <neuro.meltdown@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ssl timeout when downloading file(s)
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:21:33
Message-Id: 4721F692.10808@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ssl timeout when downloading file(s) by Florian Philipp
1 Florian Philipp wrote:
2 > Eric W Phillips schrieb:
3 >> I have been trying to install firefox extensions and kept getting
4 >> timeout errors. I have since discovered that I am unable to download
5 >> files over an ssl (https://) encrypted connection using Firefox or
6 >> Konqueror. I have not been able to find any help on this issue,
7 >> where should I look in my system to resolve this. I was able to
8 >> install a Firefox extension from a local location that I downloaded
9 >> with a different computer.
10 >
11 > - Does wget work?
12 >
13 > - Are gnutls and openssl installed?
14 >
15 > - Did you use revdep-rebuild (part of gentoolkit)?
16 >
17 > - Are you able to visit https sites? Are only downloads affected?
18 I have gnutls and openssl installed, and have run revdep-rebuild. I am
19 able to visit https sites, only downloads are affected. neither wget
20 nor ping will work. wget returns "unable to resolve name". however my
21 other computer is able to resolve the same site just fine.
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Re: [gentoo-user] ssl timeout when downloading file(s) Willie Wong <wwong@×××××××××.EDU>