Hate to give up

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2009/5/30 John/Pat Heinen <hensandpat at earthlink.net>:
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>> John Heinen wrote:
>>
>>> I struggled for a long time to have an internet connection for Ubuntu
>>> 8.o4,  we got it going except for Firefox it  would not start..Once it
>>> is done it seems so simple but it wouldn't be without your help
>>>  Upgraded to Ubuntu 8.1o, everything just fine except Firefox, cannot
>>> get  it  started. We unchecked  Firefox off/line but still, Firefox
>>> won't start.
>>> Can somebody walk me through this challenge  John

What happens when you tried to start Firefox? Did it crash
immediately? Did you get any error messages? If you start it from the
gnome console, do you get any error messages before it crash?

Where did you find that ”Firefox off/line” to uncheck? Don't you have
to start it first? This is really confusing.


> Karl, The computer is connected to the provider, it shows on my
> telephone, also on my usb modem monitor (two little lights, one flashing
> when connected) but when I type in  www. whatever,  I get the message "
> not connected please try again.. I be gone for a couple of days, hope to
> correspond with you next monday. John


Exactly where do you type this? Not in Firefox, I guess, since Firefox
does not start, right? So whatever you type in your www.whatever, that
doesn't seem to connect. Still you said ”I struggled for a long time
to have an internet connection for Ubuntu
8.o4,  we got it going” and ”Upgraded to Ubuntu 8.1o, everything just
fine”. What is fine? The Internet connection? Everything else but the
Internet connection?

Did you try another browser?

Well, as I said, this is confusing. Did Firefox start or not?
Somewhere in your text I get the impression that Firefox DID start,
but didn't connect, still you say, here and there, that Firefox didn't
start at all. If it didn't start (or if it crashed before its window
came up), you shouldn't be able to do any Firefox settings of any
kind, unless you change the Firefox settings by fiddling with text
files or something like that.

Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg
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