[Techtalk] Can't get to http://linuxchix.org

David Sumbler david at aeolia.co.uk
Thu Nov 11 02:33:08 EST 2004


On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Elwing wrote:

> Have you checked to see if it may be DNS on your machine?  Maybe a different 
> configuration or something similar.  Other comments inline.

What exactly should I be looking at?  DNS seems to be OK when I use
the hostname "linuxchix.org" with traceroute, telnet and other
commands.

>> I tried traceroute and mtr as Carla suggested, and they were OK.
>
> traceroute from the same system?

Yes

> Did you use hostname or IP address?

Both, and both were OK.

>> The browser is not the problem: I've just changed from Firefox 0.8 to
>> Firefox 1.0 and the problem is still there; also Konqueror and Links
>> won't load the page either.  I always get a "waiting for
>> linuxchix.org" or similar message.
>> 
>
> what happens if you use telnet or netcat and make the HTTP connection "raw" - 
> it might help pinpoint why you can't connect

Sorry, I don't know how to do this.  I would need more information.

David

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