On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:16:14 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 18:42 +0000, I Beartooth wrote:
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> I'm getting confused as between machines, which is which;
but
> Firefox has come up with another little nasty trick on at least two of
> them : when it does launch, it does so in offline mode -- and then
> complains because it can't refresh various sites.
Are you running NetworkManager? If so, is NM managing your default
interface? If it's running but thinks it's offline (even if it really
isn't), Firefox may also think it's offline. This happens with Evolution
as well, which is why I mention it as a possibility.
When I clicked the launcher for system-config-services and gave
it root's password, NM came up marked Disabled. But the minute I
highlighted it, it both enabled and started itself. So I re-disabled and
re-stopped it.
Then I restarted Firefox -- id est, tried to, with its updater.
It flashed something into the proper square on the workspace switcher; I
clicked to go there, and found it trying to open Firefox. It failed
immediately.
--
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 1.10, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6;
Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2, Epiphany 2, Opera 9, Firefox 2 & 3
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.