Mandrake 10.0 Web Browsing

Louise Chambers root-linux at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jun 10 03:15:52 CDT 2004


--- Adrian Gordinier <adrian at gordinier.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Has anybody had web browsing troubles with the new
> Mandrake 10.0. I
> started with a machine that had 9.2 on it and then I
> did the upgrade to
> 10.0 Community. I did install the 2.6 kernel and I
> am using Mozilla 1.6.
> It seems to take forever to resolve the addresses.
> Some pages
> miraculously load pretty quick but 99% take forever.
> I am using RR and
> before with 9.2 it was really fast. Ftp and other
> large downloads are
> real fast but the lookup times again are slow. I am
> at a loss. I
> upgraded again to 10.0 Official when it came out but
> it made no
> difference. I have tried changing dns servers in
> resolv.conf and
> rebuilding the connection several times but it makes
> no difference. My
> wife's Mandrake 9.2 computer is still really fast.
> 
> Anybody have any ideas??
> 
> Adrian
> 

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Try a lighter browser. Firefox, galeon, or epiphany?




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