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iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

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Cannot access -kol.deviantart.com with firefox on linux

For some reason I cannot access the URL -kol.deviantart.com using firefox on Arch. It works very well in IE on my wife's Windows box. Can someone explain to me why this doesn't work in linux and perhaps give a solution.

isez2001

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Registered: 2006-08-24

Posts: 33

Re: Cannot access -kol.deviantart.com with firefox on linux

Although I cannot currently offer any advice, I can second the inability to access -Kol's site using Firefox on Arch.  A quick and dirty test seems to show that I am also unable to reach the site with either links or a ping.

My buddy across the hall can access the site using Windows XP with Firefox.

Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

Posts: 3,108

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Re: Cannot access -kol.deviantart.com with firefox on linux

Thirded - anything I try basically says http://-kol.deviantart.com is an "unknown host" - dunno why though.

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: Cannot access -kol.deviantart.com with firefox on linux

I assume it must be the leading hyphen in the subdomain that is causing the problem. I assume this is a broader issue if pinging also doesn't work correctly. I'm going to boot a live cd distro and test a few other browsers.

paranoos

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From: thornhill.on.ca

Registered: 2004-07-22

Posts: 442

Re: Cannot access -kol.deviantart.com with firefox on linux

yeah, i remember coming across this a long while back.

linux follows the standard of not allowing a leading or trailing hyphen in a domain (or any sub-domain). windows, on the other hand, happily ignores this standard.

there is a workaround for this. you can add the domain to your /etc/hosts file, using the ip address you'd get from pinging deviantart.com.

69.28.181.43    -kol.deviantart.com

of course, you'll have to add any other sub-domains you find that don't work.

[vEX]

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2006-11-23

Posts: 450

Re: Cannot access -kol.deviantart.com with firefox on linux

What about http://kol.deviantart.com/? Is that the correct site?

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noriko

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Registered: 2006-06-09

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Re: Cannot access -kol.deviantart.com with firefox on linux

no it doesn't appear to be.. but i am surprised DA allowed this to be registered in the first place.

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isez2001

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Registered: 2006-08-24

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Re: Cannot access -kol.deviantart.com with firefox on linux

I used to be able to access -kol's site from my Arch box with no problem (as recently as within the last month, I think).  Any idea what might have caused the change?

paranoos

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From: thornhill.on.ca

Registered: 2004-07-22

Posts: 442

Re: Cannot access -kol.deviantart.com with firefox on linux

I used to be able to access -kol's site from my Arch box with no problem (as recently as within the last month, I think).  Any idea what might have caused the change?

really? it should never have worked... unless you had installed some sort of workaround and have forgotten about it. this is definitely not a recent development.

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

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Re: Cannot access -kol.deviantart.com with firefox on linux

Thanks for the workaround paranoos!