From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hx73D-0000cg-S6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:56:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l59JtTYp024763; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 19:55:29 GMT Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.176]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l59JoZoR019165 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 19:50:36 GMT Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so1504699wah for ; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:50:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=K8Zm7vJGgJj+WbM1E7N7AtP/8v7ieN4m/x5P0LBnNo/MisMu9ICSj/Vt1jdodchECieyLClOwMJc+YW8Vqy/QziHnagw9PDqVKhNhpzUPQg0WD5nuxYt25vXt6npMYwMhxgpxD8UpoItwlq5BQNcYRr7h6hWRBAhjD4Pbd4u0YQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=mXLq7qAQJGzCGIwODTzRkKKsnbQChXlXuyva4LbZ3fOk8TTfWTP2Gd99zy4ojGpEgg2Ey1LzZbRLzDLIAwD+az9IKZtyHYyDRTJ9rw5+gR4gEQ4OHe4cN3XHpNAUHU7bQpRRFPMbdr9toapFBN+8b3nmRuzz+JBwims4i7X0tfo= Received: by 10.114.144.1 with SMTP id r1mr3878522wad.1181418632544; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:50:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.176.15 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 12:50:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49bf44f10706091250s4214a08bubb1e319eed1b3bcb@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 12:50:32 -0700 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Firefox's "Connecting" In-Reply-To: <8cd1ed20706090926r347d5ed5l8eb8d3b11c8963d5@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10706080957j28c57ea0lba12f8276462f78f@mail.gmail.com> <46699EDE.2090204@schoenhaber.de> <200706091019.51504.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <49bf44f10706090903w2cae9e31w2b0b3c9f86e376a2@mail.gmail.com> <8cd1ed20706090926r347d5ed5l8eb8d3b11c8963d5@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 637e0b25-c71f-4d2a-9969-e0b4228b2360 X-Archives-Hash: 7a64a4ede5c12fbeaa450be8c9dc54d8 > > > > > Can anyone tell me what Firefox is doing when it says it is > > > > > "Connecting" to a particular website? My site is periodically hanging > > > > > at that point, and I'd like to track down the problem. Is it just > > > > > waiting for apache2's first response to the HTTP request? > > > > > > > > No, Firefox is propably waiting for the TCP connection to be > > > > established. Use something like wireshark or tcpdump to find out for sure. > > > > > > I was trying to login (via ssh) to a virtual server and it was taking ages (19 > > > secs or so). Apparently there was something wrong with the way the sysadmin > > > had set up DNS. Once fixed I would be asked for a passwd with 1-2 seconds. > > > It could be that something like this is wrong with your server? > > > > I'll check that out. Thanks guys. > > > > Try it with 'curl' > ie: > curl -v www.google.com > > If it doesnt find an IP, its a DNS problem, if it finds an IP but > doesn't connect, it may be a routing problem, if it works for all > sites, but not a particular site, that site might be broken, and > 'curl' might be able to help you see where. Thanks Kent. When I'm browsing my site and it hangs, I ping the domain and the times are normal even though I'm having trouble connecting at the exact same time. The pings are really slow in coming back, but the reported times are normal. Does that sound like a problem with apache2 then? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list