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[Rajko M <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter wrote:
> I've just installed SuSE 10.0 on my dual-boot AMD Athlon box, but some 
> bits don't appear to be working quite right.  Any suggestions would be 
> greatly appreciated:
>
> * Online update won't work.  The error message is: "Cannot fetch remote 
> server list ... Possible solution: Check network connection.
>    * The URL it's looking for is http://www.suse.de/cgi-bin/suseservers.cgi
>    * I tried pinging www.suse.de and it returned the ping just fine.
>
> * Firefox won't work.  Konqueror works with no problems, but Firefox 
> just sits there saying (e.g.) "Waiting for www.google.com"
>
> * Thunderbird won't work either, but I've some more config checks to do 
> on that.
>
> My internet connection is DSL via a router.
>
> Any suggestions on these would be gratefully received.
>
>
> Peter

Have you looked this
http://en.opensuse.org/Disable_IPv6_for_Firefox
might work.

The same might be used for Thunderbird
Preferences-- Advanced--Config Editor

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Rajko.
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