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jsgsix

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Registered: 2025-01-15

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Browser problems after program updates

After recent updates all 4 of my installed browsers (Firefox, Chromium, Falkon and Konqueror) are having the same trouble: They will open, send and receive emails, but after opening new tabs and entering a search nothing will load. Just get endless turning wheels and sometimes error messages about server not found, etc. I am running Trinity on 32 bit machine.

Dell pc E8300, 150 Gb Hard Drive
Intel Core2, E8300 @ 2.83GHz

q4osteam

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Registered: 2015-12-06

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Re: Browser problems after program updates

After recent updates ...

What updates exactly? In what timeframe?

theasmitkid

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Registered: 2025-01-26

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Re: Browser problems after program updates

got same problem, the reason could be ublock origin or other ad blocker.. try disabling it. other workaround that works for me is to open the url in new tab by dragging and dropping

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jsgsix

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Registered: 2025-01-15

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Re: Browser problems after program updates

I'm not certain it was the updates. But one of them might have had a negative effect on my modem. The simple solution was to do a hard reboot of my modem (unplug it and then re-plug it in). That fixed the problem. I am not sure what caused the problem but rebooting your modem often fixes a lot of internet problems. Just switching the modem off and then back on again does not do the trick. The modem must be physically unplugged, left unplugged for a few minutes, and then replugged in.

q4osteam

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Re: Browser problems after program updates

The simple solution was to do a hard reboot of my modem ...

Thanks for sharing the solution. It turns out that this issue was not related to any updates.

jsgsix

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Registered: 2025-01-15

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Re: Browser problems after program updates

This problem has returned again and only on the pc that is running Trinity. My other 2 pcs that are still on WIN 10 are not having the same problem, so the trouble must have something to do with Q4OS. I will try once again to "hard boot" my modem but I don't want to have to do this every time I boot into Trinity! Surely some other users are having similar troubles?

Qwertius

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Registered: 2017-10-24

Posts: 66

Re: Browser problems after program updates

This issue, where multiple browsers can handle basic network functions like sending/receiving emails but fail to load new web pages or searches, often points to a problem with DNS resolution or proxy/firewall configuration, which can sometimes be exacerbated by updates or interactions with specific Linux desktop environments like Trinity/Q4OS on older 32-bit hardware.

The fact that a modem reboot temporarily fixed it suggests a network component was misbehaving, but the problem's return and its exclusivity to the Q4OS machine strongly indicate a configuration issue on that specific PC. Email protocols (like SMTP/POP/IMAP) can sometimes be less sensitive to certain network/DNS hiccups compared to the constant, fresh lookups required for browsing new websites.

q4osteam

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Re: Browser problems after program updates

@jsgsix
We are not able to reproduce such an intermittent issue anyhow. That doesn't seem to be a Trinity bug. We would guess a hardware issue with your network card. Please try another network adapter, if possible, to see if it's caused by Trinity.