On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Guy Letourneau <guy1...@opusnet.com> wrote:
> For those not in the know, I am a Linux USER, and that's all I want to be. > > I am running Ubuntu ( version 'something' later than 10.0x - I cannot > find an 'ABOUT' or information tab to tell me what version this is. Yes, > I looked.) I am running Gnome. > > Anyways, as of a couple days ago, my browsers have gotten really slow, > and they 'timeout' more and more, and pretthy much always for now. I can > open a command line and ping places I want to view, and I get 50ms ~ > 300ms depending on where. > > I am trying Firefox, epiphany, and I just tried adding SeaMonkey. > Still timing out. > > Windows boxes on my network serve pages normally. > > Can I set the 'time' somewhere to like 5 minutes, so I acn request a > page, do a hosework chore, and then return to the computer once the page > finally loads. (Yes, I am patient enough to wait minutes for pages; but > I *do* eventually want to SEE them...) > > Any other hints, perhaps? > > - GLL > > Is this right after you start the browser or after you have been using it a while? Shut all the browser windows and restart them afresh. See if that helps. Bill > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug