As written above, in Firefox select File - Work Offline. Work
Offline should now be unchecked and Firefox should now work properly.
For Konqueror I don't know a solution.
Do you use a regular wireless (wifi) or a wireless UMTS modem? A wifi-
connection should be picked up by network-manager and
It's not a serious bug, but it sure is annoying. I use a ADSL connection
with a Thompson Speedtouch 330 and have no network connection.
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Ubuntu's new Offline Mode feature cannot properly detect when there is a
valid network available for use in many circumstances
I'm running kubuntu 8.04 and firefox 3 both fully updated. When I'm
using my wired connection everything works fine, but when I disconnect
my wired connection and enable my wireless connection firefox switches
to ofline mode, and konqueror refuses to work. However I can still ping
and ssh from a
** Summary changed:
- Firefox's new Offline Mode feature cannot properly detect when there is a
valid network available for use in many circumstances
+ Ubuntu's new Offline Mode feature cannot properly detect when there is a
valid network available for use in many circumstances
** Also
that's not a bug due to the applications, there are only using the
network-manager informations, why did you open those tasks? closing this
one
** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
Status:
I made further experiments and partially solved the problem:
Start the (UMTS) modem, start Firefox, select File - Work Offline.
Work Offline should now be unchecked and Firefox should now work
properly.
Interestingly, most of the rest of my system reacted on this change,
too. Adept and Evolution
this is not a firefox bug; anyway, i ack that this is somewhat a bug in
that firefox devs decided to use network-manager. Thus, wontfix (not
invalid).
** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Won't Fix
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Ubuntu's new Offline Mode feature cannot properly detect when there
