SM loses DNS...

[jeffw_00]

Hi - Since 2.39 I have a problem with SM: Every so often, in the middle of browsing the internet, SM suddenly says it can't find any webpages any more. (No pattern - iI could even be googling and then my next google search fails) If I exit it and restart it, everything's fine. Has anyone else seen this? Is there a fix?

Thanks!
/j

[TPR75]

Yeah, I've seen something like this... but I thought it was my slow internet connection...

[jeffw_00]

mine isn't slow

[therube]

When it happens, does IE work?

[jeffw_00]

hmmm - good question - I -think- answer is yes - will double check and write back

[therube]

Or does: PING http://www.google.com work?
If IE works (or in any case), check your settings; Edit | Preferences | Advanced -> Proxies.

[jeffw_00]

"use system proxy settings"

[TPR75]

Or does: PING http://www.google.com work?
If IE works (or in any case), check your settings; Edit | Preferences | Advanced -> Proxies.

"Direct connection". I've seen such behavior when several tabs were opened at once. Some tabs didn't load but after retry (sometimes more than once) it connected. OS's "ipconfig /flushdns" didn't helped much.

[therube]

network.proxy.type

Use system proxy is default.
Can't hurt to try Direct. (My current Profile is set that way, though either setting works fine for me.)

[ndebord]

Hi - Since 2.39 I have a problem with SM: Every so often, in the middle of browsing the internet, SM suddenly says it can't find any webpages any more. (No pattern - iI could even be googling and then my next google search fails) If I exit it and restart it, everything's fine. Has anyone else seen this? Is there a fix?

Jeffw

Had similar, thought it was my wifi dongle... used IE 11 instead with no problems.

This with SM 2.40.



Thanks!
/j

[jeffw_00]

ummm - thanks, but I'd prefer SM

[TPR75]

False alarm (in my case) I think. It looks like obsolete/outdated Venkman did all troubles:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... #p14560109

[jeffw_00]

Ok - it happened again, and all my other network services and browsers were still able to access the internet. This is really annoying and I hope it can be fixed soon.

[DanRaisch]

Moving to SeaMonkey Support.

[therube]

What extensions are you running?
What antivirus (or similar) are you running that could interfere?

(Can't say I've run into DNS related issues in ages.)

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