[Bug 254650] [NEW] knetworkmanager kills firefox

[Rick Graves]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: knetworkmanager

I discovered this problem connecting to a encrypted wireless network
with my laptop.

If I blank out the interfaces file in /etc/network, so that
knetworkmanager connects to the wireless network after I log into an X
session, firefox is EXTREMELY SLOW to the point of not working.  I timed
it once, and from launch to displaying my home page (www.yahoo.com) took
21 minutes!!!!  Clicking on a menu item (like File, Edit, View, etc.)
seems to lock up firefox (but really I think it takes forever for
firefox to respond).

I had this problem when I launched firefox after the network was up and
working, and after konq was working normally.  Everything worked
normally EXCEPT firefox.

If I specify the wireless network settings in interfaces (so that the
laptop connects to the network while booting up), firefox works
normally.

I had been letting knetworkmanager connect to the wireless network, and
I had given up on firefox.  I decided to experiment with specifying the
wireless network settings in interfaces without thinking about the
firefox problem.  After I got the internet connection working that way,
I decided to try firefox, and discovered it was working again.

Before I discovered that specifying the wireless network settings in
interfaces solved the firefox problem, I posted queries in
ubuntuforums.org and on the firefox mailing list, and did not get a
single helpful responce.  (On ubuntuforums.org, I got firefox tweak
tips.  On the firefox mailing list, I was basically told I was the only
person having this problem.)

** Affects: knetworkmanager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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knetworkmanager kills firefox
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