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Hi, I have checked the firefox browser in linux and exported the display and started using the firefox from one of my test server. But i can't go to google.com ...
  1. 08-19-2009 #1
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    Accessing firefox in RHEL5

    Hi,

    I have checked the firefox browser in linux and exported the display and started using the firefox from one of my test server. But i can't go to google.com itself i think the proxy has not been set. Like in windows OS we set in Tools-> Internet Options in Linux where do we set the Proxy,

    Please help.

    Hari.
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    Is your DNS configured properly?

    I've never had to manually configure FF to make it work.
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    edit->preferences->advanced->network->settings
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    Hi Shutdown,

    How can i check whether the DNS is properly configured or not?. Am stranger to linux could you pls help.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thatishari View Post
    Hi Shutdown,

    How can i check whether the DNS is properly configured or not?. Am stranger to linux could you pls help.
    Read your resolv file to see what your nameservers are.


    /etc/resolv.conf

    You should see nameservers with IP addresses. If you don't then that's your issue right there I beleive.
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    If you need help setting the proxy, my previous post details the steps to get to the configuration for firefox.
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