On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:45, Patrick O'Callaghan <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 10:31 -0700, Don Russell wrote: > > Usually I ssh into my Linux machine and use the CLI but sometimes I do > > log on from the attached keyboard/screen. In those cases, every time I > > start Firefox, it starts in offline mode. There is also an icon in > > the toolbar that says "no network connection", even though there is. > > It's wired. > > > > When I use the Firefox option to turn off "offline mode", > > everything is fine, until I close/restart Firefox. > > > > And the network connection works fine... I can always connect from > > other machines via ssh, connect to it's web server etc... > > > > What can I do to correct whatever it is that's reporting "no network > > connection"? > > This can happen if you're running NetworkManager but haven't configured > it to manage your connection. Some apps, including Firefox and > Evolution, think that because NM thinks it's not online it should be > believed. > > The fix is either to not use NM, or to tell it to manage the connection. > To do the latter, run system-config-network, run Edit on the interface > line and tick the box that says "Controlled by NetworkManager". > Thank you, that solved the problem. :-)
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