Pon and poff

[NoOp]

On 05/06/2009 10:34 AM, John Heinen wrote:
> NoOp wrote:

>> In the url bar for Firefox enter: about:config
>> in the filter section enter: networkmanager
>> If the toolkit.networkmanager.disable value is set to 'true',
>> double-click it to set it to false.
>>
>> Now try Firefox.

> About:config What I am looking for? Another question: When we are
> connected does this mean that we are connected with our provider, in
> this case earthlink.net and automattically opens the gate for the
> browser? Though mine comments "addresses not found, eventhough the tick
> mark is off.
> 

Correction to my previous:

When you enter 'about:config' in the url bar, press 'enter'. That will
open up a listing of all the configuration options in Firefox. You will
then see a 'Filter' box, enter: networkmanager
You will then see a single entry:
toolkit.networkmanager.disable
If the value is set to 'False' (default) double-click it to set it to
'True'.

The issue is that Mozilla (Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey) and a few
others (Evolution, Pidgin) have had issues with Ubuntu's Network Manager
in the past in PPP mode where NM reports that you are not connected and
so Mozilla goes into off-line mode.

The issue is reported here:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolkit.networkmanager.disable
which ironically is temporarily having "technical difficulties" this
morning, so use google's cached version if it's still having problems
when you try to connect to it. Cached version is:

<http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:kABivI-Z1EgJ:kb.mozillazine.org/Toolkit.networkmanager.disable+"toolkit.networkmanager.disable"&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us>

Link to the related bugs are here:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424626
[ Bug 424626 -  (linux) Firefox is put into offline mode on startup when
NetworkManager is running but not controlling the active network
interface (e.g. when using PPP)  ]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/191889
[[MASTER] [WORKAROUND] "Offline Mode" feature fails to detect proper
online state for networks that are managed outside of network manager.]

Be sure to read 1911889 as there are several other workarounds suggested
there as well. Note that there are 258 comments, so be prepared to read
awhile.