[GTALUG] unexpected firefox "server not found" messages

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 05:32:25AM +0200, ac via talk wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 09:52:43 -0500 (EST)
> "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> > Once in a while I've been getting "Server not found" errors from
> > Firefox that surprise me.  The links are to real sites.  Other
> > browsers can see the site.
> > I thought that the problem might have to do with some tightened
> > security rules.  No, the problem is IPv6.
> > I don't have IPv6 at home.  But Fedora has it enabled normally.  This
> > generally doesn't cause problems.  But now it has.
> > 
> > Fix:
> > <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/server-not-found-connection-problem?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Server+not+found#w_ipv6>
> > 
> > type URL "about:firefox"
> 
> firefox ver 50.0 about:firefox = The address isn’t valid

about: works, and is what I always used.

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Len Sorensen