Firefox 3: how to avoid offline mode startup ?

Bruno Costacurta pubmb.bco at pt.lu
Tue May 6 18:06:26 UTC 2008


On Monday 05 May 2008 12:11:07 Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
>
> Am Montag, den 05.05.2008, 11:37 +0200 schrieb Bruno Costacurta:
> > Hello,
> >
> > my firefox 3 (version 3 beta 5) allways start in the offline mode.
> > I switch to online mode (via menu File) but setup is not saved.
> > Probably a problem link with the beta status of version 3.
> > However maybe there is already a work around or solution ?
>
> network manager rules the on/offline modes for most apps now, make sure
> its showing online status and apps like firefox and evolution will get
> that info to operate in online mode.
>
> ciao
> 	oli

Indeed the network manager was off (I connected via another wireless manager).
I turned it on and now Firefox detects correctly the online status.

Note: however this link between Firefox and the network manager sounds 
strange, no ?

Bye,
Bruno




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