Accessing It's FOSS community on Android

I use ‘Samsung Internet’ browser to look at our forum site from my Android tablet.
I have solved the problem of the browser tab going into multiple nested levels while viewing the forum

Every time you press ‘Latest’ is goes in another level, so you have n+1 views of itsFOSS. , and it only properly updates the first view.

So the solution is every time you press ‘Latest’ you should then tell Android to ‘go back’.

I am unsure if this is an Android problem, or a problem with the Samsung Internet browser. It does not happen on my PC with Firefox.

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Neville has helped me in the past… Great help, and now it’s 4 years later…
I read thru the IT’S FOSS Info but am clueless… I understand your policy, but don’t know what to do…
Briefly: I have good wi-fi signal. Then I became unable to access any websites on either of my browsers: Brave and Firefox. 1st I upgraded each to the next version… Helped for a short time, then not. 2nd I upgraded to Linux mint 21.3, but I was at version 21.1 so I upgraded to 21.2 - again, it only allowed getting to websites for a short time…
I did all upgrades thru Software Manager…
If you could please offer ANY advice I’d be very grateful…
Thank you very much from Sarah Jaeschke

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Hi Sarah,
Thank you for your kind words.

That is very strange. I have never heard of such behaviour.

I am inclined to think that it must be something outside of your PC. Someting to do with the way you link to your ISP.
A proxy server maybe?

To test if the problem is in or out of your PC, would you be able to do either of the following

  • take your PC to another location , and try it with someone else’s internet link
  • borrow someone else’s PC and try it with your internet link.

If you cant do either of those, what happens when you use the internet without a browser… eg

  • does your email work?
  • does ‘wget’ work
  • try ping google.com
  • you were able to upgrade mint and reinstall browsers, so downloads must be working
  • after the browser stops working, what do you get with
    ip addr . The Wifi link should be UP… if it is DOWN that is a clue… the link may be dropping out.
  • have you done anything recently that might have caused this… eg setting up a firewall, changing network settings, changing browser settings

I dont have an instant answer to this, so we are going to have to try and narrow down the problem. I cant think of anything that might make a browser timeout? Do as many tests as you can.

Regards
Neville

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If you can access the application repositories then in principal your internet connections are fine.

Look at your browsers and extensions as a possible block, such as popup blockers

If you go into control panel and connections can you check the ip addressing for ip 4 and ip 6, perhaps get screen shots to show us ?

You are in good hands with Neville I am sure he will find a solution, these are just other areas which could be the root of the problem

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I think the more hands, the better with this… it is a mystery. @saj4pz needs to do some more checking.

Yeah, I suppose that means the problem has to be in her PC?.. either browser settings or networking settings? But why would a fresh install not fix any settings problem?

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In principal yes… but, if its faulty hardware or line problems no. Perhaps if possible connect with cable to make sure settings are correct reduce posibilities

Also may be worth @saj4pz booting into a USB live environment to test the wifi from there. Perhaps a router reboot as well.

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Great idea Gary

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Thanks a million for your response! WiFi is good.
At the terminal I can do wget but don’t know for what to do it. No email on Brave or Firefox. (Only on phone.). ‘Ping Google.Com’ comes back w an address and “56(84) bytes of data” . My mint upgrade didn’t work - still on 21.1, and Brave is v 1.75.181 and c/b the prior version I had as well. Brave://linux-proxy-config says there may be a problem launching my system configuration.
Firefox is not up to date ( is v 1.35.0.1, & below that it says “updates disabled by your organization”. (I don’t have one) … And now that I cannot download…oh, maybe via the terminali did some changes, tho seemingly inoccuous & reset Brave to original settings - no help
I got rid of Ghostery on both browsers, I have messed me up along w my ASUS.
TELL ME please if any of this makes sense to you Neville. From Sarah

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I sent a lengthy reply & hope you got it…

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Hi Sarah,
That at least shows that your internet connection and the DNS server are working.
so
The problem is in your Linux… here are the possibilities

  • your browsers have been misconfigured
  • you have a firewall blocking communication on some port
  • your linux networking is misconfigured

can you try 2 things

  1. try installing a third browser… anything will do… librewolf, waterfox, falkon, even dillo
  2. do ip addr at the terminal and copy/paste the output here so I can see it.

Regards
Neville

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Thanks! I tried 2 install 1st waterfox - no go…
And something that had come up & got lost when I tried to update to next Linux release - re: mirrors. In CA I had used 1 from Berkeley. Edu. But I moved to CO- so I need a new mirror, yes? I don’t remember from 4 years ago the “how-to” - tried to search but no luck. ( This is prob why I can’t bring up websites?) and also in the errors brave-browser came up. So this was done at my ASUS terminal, & I don’t know how to get it to this phone & to you, since I can’t send email on the ASUS. (A couple of screens full of 'ign’s and 'err’s came up. I photoed[quote=“Neville Jackson, post:11, topic:13238, full:true, username:nevj”]

Hi Sarah,
That at least shows that your internet connection and the DNS server are working.
so
The problem is in your Linux… here are the possibilities

  • your browsers have been misconfigured
  • you have a firewall blocking communication on some port
  • your linux networking is misconfigured

can you try 2 things

  1. try installing a third browser… anything will do… librewolf, waterfox, falkon, even dillo
  2. do ip addr at the terminal and copy/paste the output here so I can see it.

Regards
Neville

I tried both waterFox &
librewolf (my pref, I think) but sudo didn’t like the ‘extrepo’ command…actually lots of errors. I photoed 2.5 screens full. Will try to send… Also - I vaguely remember this mirror stuff, but that was another error - I was using berkeley.edu, (when living in CA) which worked fine here in CO until I tried to install new versions… If you have any links to “how-to’s” will you please share or advise?
Phew. I do hope with your help I’ll get this sorted out.

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Think only answer is
Copy data files to another disk or usb
Reinstall from new clean system
Fault on upgrade ?

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Fully agree Paul.

Save needed elsewhere then clean install.
As long as the equipment is known to be ok.

Ive done a Linux Mint version upgrade and it took a long time.
A clean install and setup would have been a lot quicker in my case.

I understand why people don’t want to clean install but doing so is certainly the best way to go to erase problems.

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The other part is to think before installation of anything eles…

So install system, test
Add another browser, test
Add vlc , test

Etc

That way if its a tool, item of software, protection (add blocker or the like) you can identify where the problem develops if it happens again

Same with me, not worth it.

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Absolutely. :saluting_face:
Maybe live before install.
Doubt many people do that.

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Regarding the start of this thread, I don’t have an Android device.
Can’t be of any help that way.

Sorry to chime in with unrelated stuff.

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Not really… any mirror in the US should work.
I think @Gary and @callpaul.eu are right.
The easiest thing for you to do is a complete new install.
I remember you had trouble previously making a USB with an iso on it. Is that still a problem?

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I am lost on the connection of the question related to the android device ?
Do you have a android phone or tablet and does that connect ok ?
Or are you just using the android to post your question ?

Should not matter which source you use to get mint from, only using a local service speeds up the download but in principal all are the same

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The original question was that the Android default browser had trouble with the ‘latest’ button in itsfoss generating another web page inside the tab.

I have now notice that firefox in my PC does it too… only firefox keeps the 2 pages uo to date. … Samsung browser only keeps the first level page uptodate… so you miss things if you stay in deeper than 1 level.

So it is discourse that makes a new page every time you press latest. Why cant it update the current page?

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