Don't know if you are still interested but I solved the problem. About a week ago I was having problems with my browsers serving the wrong page, I would select a bookmark to go to Yahoo and instead the browser would display the Google home page. Another time it showed a page from Scientific American when trying to reach a totally different site. This happened in both Firefox and Chromium so I know it was not a browser problem. And both browsers would get directed to the wrong site (btw, if I remember correctly, the address bar would show the address of the site I was trying to reach but the page content was from a different site).
Anyway, I recalled reading some time ago about Google's DNS so I changed my network setup to use Google's DNS and when I tried installing the addon tonight it worked! Also, I was able to use wget to download the addon file. As a check, I switched back to the Qwest DNS and wget failed. Apparently there is some sort of problem with Qwest's DNS. Thanks, Dan On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:10 PM, RedSingularity <redsingular...@gmx.com>wrote: > I see. No problem. Unfortunately we cannot confirm a networking > problem until you try it on another network. Though, this seems to > point VERY strongly towards a networking issue. If you get the chance > to try anytime soon I would greatly appreciate a report back here > verifying if the problem was resolved and thus confirm the network > issue. > > -- > Can not install addons > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666910 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: firefox > > I have tried to install several different addons and get the same error > message: > > Firefox could not install the file at > > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/latest/383/addon-383-latest.xpi?src=search > > because: Download error > -228 > > I used apport to report this bug so the operating system (Ubuntu 10.10) and > Firefox (3.6.11) info should have been sent. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 > Package: firefox 3.6.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4 > Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: wl > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Tue Oct 26 11:54:32 2010 > FirefoxPackages: > firefox 3.6.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 > firefox-gnome-support 3.6.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 > firefox-branding 3.6.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 > abroswer N/A > abrowser-branding N/A > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 > (20101007) > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: firefox > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/666910/+subscribe > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666910 Title: Can not install addons -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
