Can't access linuxmint.com on Mint computer only!

[.Ix]

This is so ironic. I've installed Mint 6.0 on one of my computers, and it can't access linuxmint.com at all. It's the only computer in the network that can't access the site! It can't use MintUpdate and MintInstall either. Really strange. Same thing happened when I used Mint Fluxbox. I have no idea what the problem is. Please help!

[distoaddict]

Are other websites ok? or is it just linuxmint.com.you could possble connect to the internet direct bypassing you router and see if that makes any difference.try mintinstall and mintupdate too.

[Guest]

All other sites work fine. I don't see how it could be a router problem considering I'm on linuxmint.com right now with another computer (using Ubuntu Intrepid). That computer with Mint is also dual booting Windows and that can access linuxmint.com too.

[.Ix]

^ that was me. Forgot to log in.

[distoaddict]

ok.i agree that it is unlikely to be a router problem although i don't have one myself.so i could be wrong.i wonder if this behaviour is limited to firefox or to other browsers also.It may be an idea to install opera and dillo from Synaptic to see if the result is the same.

[.Ix]

Doesn't work on Opera either. MintInstall and MintUpdate don't work too, so it's definitely not limited to web browsing.

[distoaddict]

From a terminal write
/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/frontend.py
for mintInstall
then gksu /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py show 0 &
for mintupdate
and post the results that should tell any error messages

[.Ix]

the first command gives me this:

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/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/frontend.py:277: GtkWarning: gtk_scrolled_window_add(): cannot add non scrollable widget use gtk_scrolled_window_add_with_viewport() instead
  wTree = gtk.glade.XML(gladefile, "main_window")
invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'grep: /home/ix/.linuxmint/mintInstall/tmp/xml/LM6.xml: No such file or directory'

and the second one:

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gksu /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py show 0 $
PING google.com (74.125.45.100) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- google.com ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 607.708/607.708/607.708/0.000 ms
Failed to download new safety rules: [Errno socket error] (-2, 'Name or service not known') None

EDIT:

I can access linuxmint.com using the LiveCD, but Firefox crashes before fully loading anything anyway, so I can't use it. Yes, even googling "asdf" leads to a crash. I know the LiveCD can connect to linuxmint.com because it says "Transferring data from linuxmint.com..." before crashing, unlike the "Looking up linuxmint.com..." that appears in my installation's Firefox.

[.Ix]

!?

I reinstalled linux mint 6 and formatted the system and home partitions. Everything i tried worked for a few hours (linuxmint.com and mintinstall) and then just broke again after i disconnected from and re-connected to internet.


edit:

Ok so i realized that i manually assigned the network settings after a few hours. I changed it back to automatic and it works again now, but i'd love to have my normal network settings work with this OS. It seems that the Network Manager somehow always changes my subnet mask to "24" instead of the value that i set. Must be some sort of bug?