[TriLUG] annoying OS X issue

[Jason Tower]

On Monday 06 December 2004 21:11, Greg Brown wrote:
> I think this is related to the darwin BSDish bits under the covers so
> here it does.  When I am doing research on the web I will come across
> links that I have never visited before.  The first time I click on
> one of these links using Firefox (as well as Safari, etc) the website
> will not come up and I get the following error: <website name> could
> not be found, please check the name and try again.  I can then
> immediatly click on the same link and it will go right through.
>
> At first I thought this was a DNS issue so I set up my edge box (my
> monowall) to be my DNS proxy of sorts (I query monowall and mono
> queries the world and reports back to me).
>
> Anyway the problem persists after I have made the DNS change.  Any
> ideas regarding why this is happening?  Is anyone else suffering in
> this way?  :)  My wife's laptop does the same thing as mine so I
> don't think this is a "just me" thing.  For the record I am running
> the latest OS X with the standard 7.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Greg

i get this every once in a while too on my powerbook.