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