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    Arrow Re: Unable to access certain websites from Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by jtarin View Post
    And your router contains your nameserver information.
    Is that why he has two items listed in his output jtarin? Shown in post #25.
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    Re: Unable to access certain websites from Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by ClientAlive View Post

    One thing you can do to trouble shoot this is install a different web browser onto the machine and then try to go to those sites with it. You will discover whether it is just firefox that is the problem or if it is something with the system beyond it. I use Opera and it is a stable web browser. You can remove it when you are done if you want but it will help you to get and answer that narrows things down. To do this follow these staps.

    Open a terminal widow by pressing ctrl+alt+t

    After that enter the following code into the terminal window then press enter.

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install opera
    After you enter that and press enter you will be asked for your password. Go ahead and enter it and then press enter. It will begin to install opera. You may be asked to confirm the installation. If so, just type y on the line and press enter.

    Once that is done type "opera" onto the line in the terminal and press enter. This will launch opera and you can use it in the normal way to try to go to those sites.

    Please let us know what happens.

    If a time comes you want to remove opera you can type the following into the terminal to accomplish it.

    Code:
    sudo apt-get remove opera
    Hi ClientAlive,

    This is what I get when I give the command

    ============================

    demian@demian-N61PC-M2S:~$ sudo apt-get install opera
    [sudo] password for demian:
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Package opera is not available, but is referred to by another package.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source

    E: Package 'opera' has no installation candidate
    demian@demian-N61PC-M2S:~$

    ==============================

    What should the next step be?
    Last edited by DemianDemerzel; May 14th, 2011 at 05:45 PM.

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    Re: Unable to access certain websites from Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by ClientAlive View Post
    Is that why he has two items listed in his output jtarin? Shown in post #25.
    No
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    Re: Unable to access certain websites from Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by jtarin View Post
    Record those numbers in case you want to change back and then substitute with the ones I posted. If it works we'll make it permanent.
    Are you in New Delhi with BSNLNET?
    Hey JTarin,

    No, I'm not in New Dehli. A couple of hundred kilometers from it. Yes, I do have a BSNL connection. Should I swap the numbers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DemianDemerzel View Post
    Hi ClientAlive,

    This is what I get when I give the command

    ============================

    demian@demian-N61PC-M2S:~$ sudo apt-get install opera
    [sudo] password for demian:
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Package opera is not available, but is referred to by another package.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source

    E: Package 'opera' has no installation candidate
    demian@demian-N61PC-M2S:~$

    ==============================

    What should the next step be?
    Dude. I'm real sorry. I forgot. I think you have to download that from their website. Here's the link:

    http://www.opera.com/download/

    jtarin:

    Sorry man. I thought you had to go and this guy wasn't gonna have anyone to help hime. Kinda dumb I know. I'm not familiar w/ proxy stuff but I did notice he has two items listed in his output rather than one and that the ip's aren't identical. Just didn't want to mislead on something I'm not absolutely certain about.
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    Re: Unable to access certain websites from Ubuntu

    Why not just install Chromium from the Software Center instead of Opera? It would be less of a hassle in my opinion. Go into the Software Center and search for Chromium. If you want to install it from Terminal, run the following:
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    sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
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    Re: Unable to access certain websites from Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by DemianDemerzel View Post
    Hey JTarin,

    No, I'm not in New Dehli. A couple of hundred kilometers from it. Yes, I do have a BSNL connection. Should I swap the numbers?
    It won't hurt anything. Those are Google public nameservers. Fast and reliable. You can always change back.
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    Re: Unable to access certain websites from Ubuntu

    If this is a nameserver issue, you should see in the statusbar of firefox the message 'Looking up .....' for a long time. If that's the case, you're on the right track. If not, I doubt that resolving hostnames is the issue.
    If you don't make backups of your important data, your data is obviously not important to you.

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    Re: Unable to access certain websites from Ubuntu

    Hey ClientAlive,

    The problems persists in Opera.

    Quote Originally Posted by jtarin View Post
    Use the same procedure and open /etc/resolv.conf and edit to look like this:
    Code:
    nameserver 8.8.8.8
    nameserver 8.8.4.4
    save...then try to connect.
    Now I am going to try JTarin's solution. Let's see what happens.

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    Re: Unable to access certain websites from Ubuntu

    Dear JTarin,

    I changed the numbers but the problem is still there.

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