ir0b0t's Journal: Firefox page loading fix

Firefox was inexplicably failing to load pages when used with Linux. It was a problem under both Mandriva and Ubuntu but not a problem under XP Pro. It did work fine with Ubuntu Linux on my home machine but not my office machine. The two machines use different ISPs but are otherwise substantially identical.

The problem was ridiculous but driving me nuts. Some kind souls on Ubuntu forum posted the fix which was distressingly simple. Now all is well in my Firefox world.

Here is the fix I used for Firefox loading pages slowly or not at all when used with Linux:

type about:config into address field

scroll to network.dns.disableIPv6

set to "true"

browse happily ever after