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Tsu Dho Nimh
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I'm running FF3.0 on a VMware virtual machine: Windows XP inside Linux Ubuntu.

I just upgraded to 3.0Pro (yay me!) and can't contact the server to get the latest version or filter updates. Even trying to go to filterforge.com gets a "server not found" error.

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Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at filterforge.com.


I know I have a working Internet connection because I can go to yahoo.com and other websites using Firefox and WinXP.

Attached is the error message when I try to download and install the newest version. I've installed new versions before with no problems.
Posted: December 4, 2012 2:48 pm   Details E-Mail
Tsu Dho Nimh
Bottom-Feeding Filter Scavenger
Posts: 190
Trying that file attachment again. And, obviously y'all are online, because Firefox via Linux (same computer, modem, and wires) finds you just fine.
Posted: December 4, 2012 2:49 pm   Details E-Mail
Tsu Dho Nimh
Bottom-Feeding Filter Scavenger
Posts: 190
Fixed it! smile:)

On advice from VMWare forum user, I shut down all software, shut down the XP virtual machine, shut down the VMWare server inside Linux, and restarted everything including the Linux host.

They are all working together again.
Posted: December 4, 2012 5:52 pm   Details E-Mail

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