log message when starting firefox

[Corinna Vinschen]

Hi,

Every time I start firefox I'm getting the following message in the log

2015-03-26T08:43:05.397185+01:00 machine-name dbus[742]: [system] Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.5658" (uid=1234 pid=27250 comm="/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox ") interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager" member="state" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager" (uid=0 pid=782 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon ")

Does firefox really depend on NetworkManager?  I don't have NetworkManager
installed, my network is started statically via /etc/rc.d/init.d/network,
so the message makes kind of sense.  But really, firefox depending on
NetworkManager?  That can't be right, can it?

Either way, is there a way to get rid of this log message other than
installing NetworkManager?

Thanks,
Corinna

[Rick Stevens]

On 03/26/2015 12:54 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Every time I start firefox I'm getting the following message in the log
>
> 2015-03-26T08:43:05.397185+01:00 machine-name dbus[742]: [system] Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.5658" (uid=1234 pid=27250 comm="/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox ") interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager" member="state" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager" (uid=0 pid=782 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon ")
>
> Does firefox really depend on NetworkManager?  I don't have NetworkManager
> installed, my network is started statically via /etc/rc.d/init.d/network,
> so the message makes kind of sense.  But really, firefox depending on
> NetworkManager?  That can't be right, can it?
>
> Either way, is there a way to get rid of this log message other than
> installing NetworkManager?

I believe that's FireFox trying to determine if it should fire up in the
"work offline" mode. I think it tries that, then tries to see if there
are NICs that are up and running. If NM isn't running and if it doesn't
see any NICs in the "UP, RUNNING" state, you end up in "offline" mode.

I don't know there's a way to get FF to stop logging that. It's more
informational than anything else and I sure wouldn't worry about it.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital    [e-mail] -
- AIM/Skype: therps2        ICQ: 22643734            Yahoo: origrps2 -
-                                                                    -
-      If you are what you eat, then I'm fast, cheap and greasy!     -
----------------------------------------------------------------------

[John Morris]

On Thu, 2015-03-26 at 08:54 +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Either way, is there a way to get rid of this log message other than
> installing NetworkManager?

Yup.  Navigate to about:config and create the following entry:

toolkit.networkmanager.disable: true

Works for me, somebody at Moz Corp fixed it, but they didn't make it
easy to learn about that knob.

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Mar 26 14:05, John Morris wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-03-26 at 08:54 +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > Either way, is there a way to get rid of this log message other than
> > installing NetworkManager?
>
> Yup.  Navigate to about:config and create the following entry:
>
> toolkit.networkmanager.disable: true

I have this set for quite some time, but unfortunately it doesn't
seem to help anymore.
> Works for me, somebody at Moz Corp fixed it, but they didn't make it
> easy to learn about that knob.

This is with firefox 36.0.3-1 and 36.0.4-1.  I have set

toolkit.networkmanager.disable:                        true
  network.manage-offline-status:                        false
  browser.offline-apps.notify:                          false
  offline.autoDetect:                                   false
  services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.offline-apps.notify: false

but the log message shows up every time I start firefox.  If it works
for you, what is missing in my setup?!?

Thanks,
Corinna

[John Morris]

On Sat, 2015-03-28 at 10:21 +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
\
> This is with firefox 36.0.3-1 and 36.0.4-1.  I have set
>
> toolkit.networkmanager.disable:                        true
>   network.manage-offline-status:                        false
>   browser.offline-apps.notify:                          false
>   offline.autoDetect:                                   false
>   services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.offline-apps.notify: false
>
> but the log message shows up every time I start firefox.  If it works
> for you, what is missing in my setup?!?

Hmm.  That should cover it.  I was manually building up my network for
months while NM had broken bridge support and I wasn't having to force
Firefox online after applying that fix.  I'll investigate my settings in
more detail first chance I get.