9 Apr
2009
9 Apr
'09
6:53 a.m.
Hi,
Dinesh A. Joshi wrote:
See the reason would be some libraries on Ubuntu may
have
gotten corrupted which is producing such behavior.
But *what* libraries? Other sites work fine. Only facebook
& hotmail seem to be affected.
So you're telling me that on the same machine
he's got dual boot
with XP and Ubuntu, right? Using the same MTNL connection, the
sites work fine on XP and dont load up with Ubuntu. Hmm...maybe
he should use XP... haha :)
Ha ha. Here I'm trying to keep him convinced to use XP only for
games and use Ubuntu for everything else....
And the system has been working perfectly from last August (when I
installed it) till about a week ago. I suppose it's possible that
one of the security updates did the damage, but why on earth
would it only affect those 2 sites.
Chirag Wazir
http://chirag.freeshell.org
9 Apr
9 Apr
7:05 a.m.
New subject: Facebook & Hotmail on Ubuntu
Chirag Wazir wrote:
And the system has been working perfectly from last
August (when I
installed it) till about a week ago. I suppose it's possible that
one of the security updates did the damage, but why on earth
would it only affect those 2 sites.
I'm not sure. But the problem certainly isn't with the Internet
connection. There is only one possibility that the way Ubuntu is
connecting to MTNL may be the root cause of the problem. I'm using
Ubuntu 8.10 / Debian with recent updates and neither of them have any
problems accessing any of the two websites.
- Dinesh
7:06 a.m.
New subject: Facebook & Hotmail on Ubuntu
On Thursday 09 April 2009 12:23:09 Chirag Wazir wrote:
And the system has been working perfectly from last
August (when I
installed it) till about a week ago. I suppose it's possible that
one of the security updates did the damage, but why on earth
would it only affect those 2 sites.
well, a sensible operating system would naturally block sites like this ;-)
Can he log in from ubuntu from some other machine?
--
regards
Kenneth Gonsalves
Associate
NRC-FOSS
http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/
7:10 a.m.
New subject: Facebook & Hotmail on Ubuntu
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Chirag Wazir <wazir(a)vsnl.com> wrote:
Hi,
Dinesh A. Joshi wrote:
if you can try to use a live cd of ubuntu or some other linux based flavor
you might be able to find some headway.
Harsh
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- "I spent a year in that town, one Sunday."
See the reason would be some libraries on Ubuntu
may have
gotten corrupted which is producing such behavior.
But *what* libraries? Other sites work fine. Only facebook
& hotmail seem to be affected. 
5:47 p.m.
New subject: Facebook & Hotmail on Ubuntu
Chirag Wazir wrote:
Hi,
Dinesh A. Joshi wrote:
I do not know what other sites you have tried, but facebook has an
exceptionally high amount of Javascript, which results in the browser
using up more and more memory as you use facebook (in a single session).
I am wondering if the problem is with Javascript rather than
connectivity or something. Also, i am told facebook uses a lot of cokkies.
See the reason would be some libraries on Ubuntu
may have
gotten corrupted which is producing such behavior.
But *what* libraries? Other sites work fine. Only facebook
& hotmail seem to be affected.
So you're
telling me that on the same machine he's got dual boot
with XP and Ubuntu, right? Using the same MTNL connection, the
sites work fine on XP and dont load up with Ubuntu. Hmm...maybe
he should use XP... haha :)
Ha ha. Here I'm trying to keep him convinced to use XP only for
games and use Ubuntu for everything else....
And the system has been working perfectly from last August (when I
installed it) till about a week ago. I suppose it's possible that
one of the security updates did the damage, but why on earth
would it only affect those 2 sites.
Chirag Wazir
http://chirag.freeshell.org
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