I just did an total upgrade of my system, with 'emerge -uD world' and
now Firefox (in version 3.0.5) lost the ability to do DNS lookups for
most (but not all) pages. Only a few sites are accessible:

www.google.com
www.mozilla.org
www.gnu.org
www.yahoo.com
www.ripe.net

and some variations of the above, like:

www.google.de
www.mozilla.com

Most of everything else I try to load, results in:

Address Not Found

Firefox can't find the server at www.gentoo.org.

The browser could not find the host server for the provided address.

* Did you make a mistake when typing the domain? (e.g.
* "ww.mozilla.org" instead of "www.mozilla.org")
* Are you certain this domain address exists? Its registration may
* have expired.
* Are you unable to browse other sites? Check your network
* connection and DNS server settings.
* Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy?
* Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing.

All sites are visible by the system DNS:

miernik@przehyba ~ $ ping www.gentoo.org
PING www.gentoo.org (209.177.148.228) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from wren.gentoo.org (209.177.148.228): icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=315 ms

And all sites are perfecty accessible from Konqueror.
Only Firefox got broken.

przehyba ~ # eix firefox
[i] www-client/mozilla-firefox
Available versions: 2.0.0.19 3.0.5 {bindist custom-optimization
dbus debug filepicker gnome iceweasel ipv6 java linguas_af linguas_ar
linguas_be linguas_bg linguas_bn linguas_bn_IN linguas_ca linguas_cs
linguas_cy linguas_da linguas_de linguas_el linguas_en linguas_en_GB
linguas_en_US linguas_eo linguas_es linguas_es_AR linguas_es_ES
linguas_et linguas_eu linguas_fi linguas_fr linguas_fy linguas_fy_NL
linguas_ga linguas_ga_IE linguas_gl linguas_gu linguas_gu_IN linguas_he
linguas_hi linguas_hi_IN linguas_hu linguas_id linguas_is linguas_it
linguas_ja linguas_ka linguas_kn linguas_ko linguas_ku linguas_lt
linguas_lv linguas_mk linguas_mn linguas_mr linguas_nb linguas_nb_NO
linguas_nl linguas_nn linguas_nn_NO linguas_oc linguas_pa linguas_pa_IN
linguas_pl linguas_pt linguas_pt_BR linguas_pt_PT linguas_ro linguas_ru
linguas_si linguas_sk linguas_sl linguas_sq linguas_sr linguas_sv
linguas_sv_SE linguas_te linguas_th linguas_tr linguas_uk linguas_zh
linguas_zh_CN linguas_zh_TW mozdevelop moznopango restrict-javascript
startup-notification xforms xinerama xprint xulrunner}
Installed versions: 3.0.5(06:52:35 PM 01/29/2009)(bindist dbus
ipv6 java startup-notification xulrunner -custom-optimization -gnome
-iceweasel -linguas_af -linguas_ar -linguas_be -linguas_bg -linguas_bn
-linguas_bn_IN -linguas_ca -linguas_cs -linguas_cy -linguas_da
-linguas_de -linguas_el -linguas_en -linguas_en_GB -linguas_en_US
-linguas_eo -linguas_es -linguas_es_AR -linguas_es_ES -linguas_et
-linguas_eu -linguas_fi -linguas_fr -linguas_fy -linguas_fy_NL
-linguas_ga -linguas_ga_IE -linguas_gl -linguas_gu -linguas_gu_IN
-linguas_he -linguas_hi -linguas_hi_IN -linguas_hu -linguas_id
-linguas_is -linguas_it -linguas_ja -linguas_ka -linguas_kn -linguas_ko
-linguas_ku -linguas_lt -linguas_lv -linguas_mk -linguas_mn -linguas_mr
-linguas_nb -linguas_nb_NO -linguas_nl -linguas_nn -linguas_nn_NO
-linguas_oc -linguas_pa -linguas_pa_IN -linguas_pl -linguas_pt
-linguas_pt_BR -linguas_pt_PT -linguas_ro -linguas_ru -linguas_si
-linguas_sk -linguas_sl -linguas_sq -linguas_sr -linguas_sv
-linguas_sv_SE -linguas_te -linguas_th -linguas_tr -linguas_uk
-linguas_zh -linguas_zh_CN -linguas_zh_TW -mozdevelop
-restrict-javascript)
Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox
Description: Firefox Web Browser


przehyba ~ # emerge --info
Portage 2.1.6.4 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.3.1,
glibc-2.9_p20081201-r1, 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 x86_64)
================================================== ===============
System uname:
Linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_4000+-with-glibc2.2.5
Timestamp of tree: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:45:01 +0000
app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.6-r1
dev-lang/python: 2.5.2-r7
dev-util/cmake: 2.6.2-r1
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63
sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2
sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -msse3"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d
/etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild
/etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -msse3"
DISTDIR="/var/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox
sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/"
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times
--compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180
--exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/java-overlay
/var/tmp/libre_java_overlay"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X acl acpi adns afs alsa amd64 bash-completion berkdb bindist bzip2
calendar cli cracklib crypt cups curl curlwrappers dbus dri fltk gdbm
geoip gif gnutls gps gtk iconv ieee1394 imagemagick ipv6 isdnlog jabber
javascript jpeg libnotify libwww mbox midi mime mmx mp3 mpeg mplayer
mudflap multilib ncurses netboot nls nntp nocd nptl nptlonly nsplugin
odbc ofx ogg openmp pam pcre pdf perl png postgres pppd python qt4
readline recode reflection sasl session slang sockets spell spl sse sse2
ssl startup-notification svg sysfs syslog tcpd truetype unicode usb v4l
vim-syntax vorbis xcb xml xmlrpc xorg xosd xulrunner xvid zlib"
ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci
emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0
intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci"
ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug
file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw
multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions
alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default
authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host
authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir
disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info
log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif
speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz
cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU"
VIDEO_CARDS="mga"
Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK,
LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS,
PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS


How can I fix my Firefox?

This is really strange, its the first time I see something like this,
that a few selected sites work, and the rest doesn't. Please help.

--
Miernik

Miernik <public@public.miernik.name> wrote:
> I just did an total upgrade of my system, with 'emerge -uD world' and
> now Firefox (in version 3.0.5) lost the ability to do DNS lookups for
> most (but not all) pages. Only a few sites are accessible:

And I did try removing my ~/.mozilla/firefox/ directory, but it didn't
help.

--
Miernik

Willie Wong <wwong@princeton.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:21:53AM +0100, Penguin Lover Miernik squawked:
>> Installed versions: 3.0.5(06:52:35 PM 01/29/2009)(bindist dbus
>> ipv6 java startup-notification xulrunner -custom-optimization -gnome
>
> Just a completely random shot in the dark: can you try rebuilding
> firefox without ipv6?

Tried now, added -ipv6 to make.conf, emerged mozilla-firefox again, but
didn't help. Thanks anyway.