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: [....] >> 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. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
