In article <20060709193033.GA11379@babymeat.com>,
Tom Spindler  <dogcow@babymeat.com> wrote:
>> Firefox does stupid things with DNS anyway, even on Linux,
>> somehow (presumably by using the system resolver incorrectly)
>> it manages to stop resolving when you switch nameservers in
>> resolv.conf.
>
>There was a recent (as of yesterday) fix to the timecounters code
>in regards to select; this may also have bearing on the DNS timeout
>issue. I haven't tested this to make sure, though. 

Yes, this fixes the DNS timeouts on firefox/mozilla.

christos