Firefox/Thunderbird and kernel 2.6.13

[wynton]

Hi All.
I've downloaded and compiled the kernel 2.6.13 on Slackware 10.2
Everything works correctly except Firefox and Thunderbird with whom I can't surf on internet and download email. With Konqueror I'm able to surf on internet without any problem.
Anyone know this problem yet?

Thanks a lot.

Wynton.

[kern]

if you're able to surf fine in konqueror, your internet setup is obviously working


what does 'ping www.google.com' show?

[wynton]

Hi Kern,
I've tried with ping to www.slackware.it and the result was an answer from ip address 88.149.157.90 byte=64 TTL=255 without any interruption.
I've tried to download my emails using Sylpheed and it worked correctly.
I tried with Lynx too and it worked correctly.
Only Firefox and Thunderbird didn't work correctly.

Thanks

Wynton.

[kern]

what do they do ? were they configured for a proxy before?

I can suggest deleting your $HOME/.thunderbird and .mozilla directories then trying again.. or maybe uninstalling the packages and installing them again - although I fail to see what that would do.

seems your internet connection is fine though, so it must be something simple


do the programs even load? they could be missing a library or something

I find it very odd how konqueror works but firefox doesnt