Slow loading web pages

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:23:02 +0000, Jorgen Grahn wrote:

> On Mon, 2011-10-31, bluse2use wrote:
>> On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:44:22 +0000, Jorgen Grahn wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 2011-10-31, David Brown wrote:
>>>> On 30/10/2011 18:31, J G Miller wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, October 30th, 2011 at 16:08:19h +0000, Blues2Use wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have reverted to Mint 10 from 11 and my slow loading issue is
>>>>>> fixed.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Did you keep the same Firefox and Chrome profiles? It is true that
>>>> it is hard to get real malware on Linux, but it is just as easy to
>>>> get tracking cookies and other such junk, which can sometimes greatly
>>>> slow down web browsing.
>>>>
>>>>> No the issue is not fixed. You have merely hidden the issue, rather
>>>>> like sweeping dirt under the carpet.
>>>>
>>>> This is another carpet-sweeping suggestion, but have you tried using
>>>> Adblock and Flashblock on your browsers? Most sites are much faster
>>>> without adverts and flashing distractions.
>>>
>>> A tcpdump from the time the problem happened (with a freshly rebooted
>>> system, i.e. no cached info in the resolver) would probably have
>>> revealed the cause.
>>>
>>> /Jorgen
>>
>> Ok, thanks...I'll remember that if the situation occurs again. Likely I
>> will upgrade to 11 again just to see if the problem reoccurs.
>
> Then I suggest tcpdumping /before/ the upgrade too, to get something to
> compare with. Make sure you capture the entire name server queries and
> responses as well as the actual www chatter.
>
> /Jorgen

OK and thanks for the suggestions...

I appreciate you taking the time to offer assistance...

Changing the hosts line in /etc/nsswitch.conf to read
hosts: files dns

really did wonders for my browsing speed in Ubuntu 11.10

On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:48:17 -0700, Oscar Tiderman wrote:

> Changing the hosts line in /etc/nsswitch.conf to read hosts: files dns
>
> really did wonders for my browsing speed in Ubuntu 11.10

Yes, and I did that much earlier without any improvement...

Thanks

bluse2use wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:48:17 -0700, Oscar Tiderman wrote:
>
>> Changing the hosts line in /etc/nsswitch.conf to read hosts: files dns
>>
>> really did wonders for my browsing speed in Ubuntu 11.10
>
> Yes, and I did that much earlier without any improvement...
>
> Thanks

had a problem similar to this once where the browser was trying to load
a bunch of libraries that my UID did not have permission to access. I
hate suggesting this but did you try running it as root to see if the
problem goes away?

Jeff Long

On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:13:54 -0500, Jeff Long wrote:

> bluse2use wrote:
>> On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:48:17 -0700, Oscar Tiderman wrote:
>>
>>> Changing the hosts line in /etc/nsswitch.conf to read hosts: files
>>> dns
>>>
>>> really did wonders for my browsing speed in Ubuntu 11.10
>>
>> Yes, and I did that much earlier without any improvement...
>>
>> Thanks
>
> had a problem similar to this once where the browser was trying to load
> a bunch of libraries that my UID did not have permission to access. I
> hate suggesting this but did you try running it as root to see if the
> problem goes away?
>
> Jeff Long

Yes, I did and the problem persisted...

Thanks