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a weird one - openSUSE

  • 29-09-2011 10:07PM
    #1
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys, just installed linux for the first time opensuse from a flash drive using unetbootin or something like that.

    Everything went fine seemingly during install and I connected to my wireless internet.
    The problem is, web pages aren't loading (so i thought dns/ip some sort of prob) but two websites DO work, openSUSE.org and you guessed it boards.ie.

    I've been looking online for general dns problems etc. but im out of my depth... and I really can't understand why two websites work and none of the big ones do (google, microsoft etc.)...

    Any ideas? I'm lost.


Comments

  • #2
    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭Eliot Rosewater


    I think this is something to do with IPv4 and IPv6, perhaps that you've IPv6 enabled but not IPv4?? When I installed openSUSE and Fedora I had similar problems, and enabling IPv4 did the trick. Can't remember how exactly I fixed it though.


  • #3
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    Thanks for that but I tried that, ipv6 was set to ignore in the settings (i'm not working with the terminal just yet)...


  • #4
    Knasher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Knasher


    Try pinging google and boards and throw up the results. Also, while you are in terminal, throw up the result of ifconfig and route.


  • #5
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,692 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    Call Me Jimmy wrote: »
    Thanks for that but I tried that, ipv6 was set to ignore in the settings (i'm not working with the terminal just yet)...
    Which settings? Firefox settings? If not try this.


  • #6
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    Thanks guys, I didn't even consider that it might be just the browser, I assumed i'de have to modify system settings in some complicated way. I'm still not sure if ipv6 was definitely the problem so I'm not sure exactly how I fixed it but its working now for some reason.


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