I've tried Alexander Sack's fix, and it fixes the firefox off-line/on- line bug for me.
I use a Hauwei 3G connection, and since Hardy, I can use NetworkManager->DialUp Connections->modem ppp0 to connect to 3G (I couldn't in gutsy.) In stock Hardy, firefox3 starts off-line. With Alexander's fix, Firefox3 starts on-line. The fix makes it so firefox 3 starts "on-line" instead of "off-line", which to me is a step in the right direction. Thanks Alexander It needs a bit more work, though: nm-applet/networkmanager itself still thinks that the link is down, which makes it impossible to use NetworkManager's VPN configs on-top of dialup. NetworkManager fails an assertation in /var/log/syslog: Jun 21 12:54:09 nacmacfeegle NetworkManager: nm_device_is_activating: assertion `dev != NULL' failed nm-tool doesn't list ppp0. Dunno if this is related, or not. Don't really care :) I want my VPN. So, /etc/network/interfaces: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp iface ppp0 inet ppp provider ppp0 auto ppp0 /etc/ppp/peers/ppp0 (generated by Network configuration tool) /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 connect 'chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/ppp0' user "a" usepeerdns defaultroute persist /etc/chatscripts/ppp0 (generated by Network configuration tool) ABORT 'BUSY' ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT 'ERROR' '' AT OK AT+CGATT=1 OK AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet" OK ATDT*99***1# PS. NetworkManager gprs config fails if your Hauwei SIM card needs a pin code -- completely unrelated bug. -- network manager gives couldn't activate dialup service warning https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147119 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
