Who else is unable to browse https sites on arch?

bhadotia · 2009-08-10 21:43:47

I was thinking about reinstalling arch for the last couple of days and was waiting for the 2009.8 iso's to be released and when yesterday 2009.8 was released I finally did that. The installation was smooth and everything is working fine except that I am unable to browse https:// sites. I don't think that it was problem on my last install (though I cannot say that for sure because that installation also was only a week old and I might not have had the chance to browse a https:// site, so really I don't know:P).
What I have come to know about the nature of the problem so far is that (I think) system is unable to resolve domain names for these sites as I can see in the browser status bar that 'looking up <site>.com' stays there for a very long time. And when it is unable to reslove it, firefox gives this error:

Server not found
Firefox can't find the server at libertybell.biz.
    *   Check the address for typing errors such as
          ww.example.com instead of
          www.example.com

    *   If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
          connection.

    *   If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
          that Shiretoko is permitted to access the Web.

Konqueror spits this out:

The requested operation could not be completed
Unknown Host
Details of the Request:
URL: https://libertybell.biz/
Protocol: https
Date and Time: Tuesday 11 August 2009 3:01 am
Additional Information: libertybell.biz
Description:
An unknown host error indicates that the server with the requested name, libertybell.biz, could not be located on the Internet.
Possible Causes:
The name that you typed, libertybell.biz, may not exist: it may be incorrectly typed.
There may have been a problem with your network connection.
There may have been a problem with your network configuration. If you have been accessing the Internet with no problems recently, this is unlikely.
Possible Solutions:
Check your network connection status.
Contact your appropriate computer support system, whether the system administrator, or technical support group for further assistance.

I'm behind a proxy (using my university's network). And the sites load fine in Windows.
At first I thought it was because was becuase I was using dnsmasq after following this guide. So I disabled the dnsmasq daemon, but the problem persisted even then. So now I'm suspecting that this has something to do with my new install from 2009.8 CD.
So is anyone else experiencing the same problem or knows what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in advance for any help and sorry for such a long post. :D

Last edited by bhadotia (2012-02-16 00:52:44)

Nezmer · 2009-08-10 22:05:01

How do you exactly setup your proxy ?
You might need to set it up for https independently .

bhadotia · 2009-08-12 21:04:35

Nezmer wrote:

How do you exactly setup your proxy ?
You might need to set it up for https independently .

Yes I have set up proxy seperately for https both in bash and KDE. Here is /etc/profile.d/proxy.sh:

[abhishek@Krsna ~]$ cat /etc/profile.d/proxy.sh
export http_proxy=http://172.16.20.2:3128
export ftp_proxy=http://172.16.20.2:3128
export https_proxy=htttp://172.16.20.2:3128

Also I just reinstalled the system and the problem still exists.

bhadotia · 2009-08-12 21:29:00

I also get a "Transient resolver failure" error when I try to sync pacman db using sudo:

[abhishek@Krsna ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:       

    #1) Respect the privacy of others.
    #2) Think before you type.
    #3) With great power comes great responsibility.

Password:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.estpak.ee : Transient resolver failure
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in : Transient resolver failure
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in : Transient resolver failure
error: failed to update core (Transient resolver failure)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from ftp.estpak.ee : Transient resolver failure
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in : Transient resolver failure
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in : Transient resolver failure
error: failed to update extra (Transient resolver failure)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from ftp.estpak.ee : Transient resolver failure
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in : Transient resolver failure
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in : Transient resolver failure
error: failed to update community (Transient resolver failure)
error: failed to synchronize any databases

But it works fine when I do it when logged in as root in the Konsole:

[abhishek@Krsna ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@Krsna ~]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                      33.5K   40.1K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
 extra                    418.0K   60.9K/s 00:00:07 [#####################] 100%
 community                368.0K   28.2K/s 00:00:13 [#####################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 local database is up to date

deej · 2009-08-13 12:19:50

Just noticed the same problem with my install.
I'm running Guarddog firewall, so I overcame the problem by
permitting 'https' under 'local' [ this will only make sense if you
are running Guarddog ]. First time I've had to do that !

If I get the time [ doubtful ] I'll investigate further.

Deej

skottish · 2009-08-13 13:12:53

I don't know if this will help, but you have too many 't' (htttp).

export https_proxy=htttp://172.16.20.2:3128

bhadotia · 2009-08-13 15:30:19

skottish wrote:

I don't know if this will help, but you have too many 't' (htttp).
export https_proxy=htttp://172.16.20.2:3128

Oh yes. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll see if that works or not.

bhadotia · 2009-08-13 16:52:04

skottish wrote:

I don't know if this will help, but you have too many 't' (htttp).
export https_proxy=htttp://172.16.20.2:3128

Hey thanks:D. Now firefox has started working. But Konqueror is still giving the same error.
Any other suggestions guys?

bhadotia · 2009-08-27 20:06:03

bhadotia wrote:

skottish wrote:
I don't know if this will help, but you have too many 't' (htttp).
export https_proxy=htttp://172.16.20.2:3128
Hey thanks:D. Now firefox has started working. But Konqueror is still giving the same error.
Any other suggestions guys?

I guess this is some konqueror bug (being unable to open https:// pages behind proxy). But at present I don't have the time to research on the topic so I'll just mark the topic solved as I'm able to browse all sites on FF.

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#1 2009-08-10 21:43:47

Who else is unable to browse https sites on arch?

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