On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 06:22:45AM +0200, Miernik wrote: > I installed a new Gentoo installation, and now when I open Firefox I get: > > > Firefox is currently in offline mode and can't browse the Web. > > The browser is operating in its offline mode and cannot connect to the > requested item. > > * Is the computer connected to an active network? > * Place the browser in online mode and try again. > > > My computer is surely connected to an active network, I can wget without > problems, and of course I can go to the File menu and switch off the > stupid "Offline" mode, but I don't want to do that every time I start > Firefox, so why does he put me in this mode in the first place? What can > I do to have Firefox start normally, like it does in Debian? > > It's a pity that Linux applications start to behave more and more like > MS-Windows ones - they do what THEY think is best instead of letting the > user do what he wants. I want to browse the web and I am online, while > the stupid program thinks I am offline, and prevents me to browse the > web. > > -- > Miernik > http://miernik.name/ > > -- > [email protected] mailing list Do you compile your filefox with networkmanager USE flag?
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