Re: no internet connection with Fedora16

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On 11/01/12 2:32 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 01/10/2012 07:06 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
>> Browse to"about:config"  and set "network.manage-offline-status" to
>> "false".
>>
>> IIRC this happens when you use the network service instead of
>> NetworkManager.  Firefox queries NetworkManager for the offline
>> status, and thinks you're offline when it's not in use.  Setting that
>> option prevents Firefox from doing this.
> 
> Thank you; I'd even tried asking the Mozilla site and didn't find this.

This has been discussed before on the list. Note that you also need to
configure NM to manage your interface, otherwise NM will report it as
offline even when it's online. It affects some programs, probably those
that depend on Gnome, but not others. I know it affects Evolution for
example.

poc
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