internet apps don't connect in FC14

[Tom H]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 1:20 AM, bruce <badouglas at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 20:29 -0500, Jim Philips wrote:
>>>
>>> I installed FC14 today on my laptop. I can connect to the Internet and
>>> download software. I can also ping sites out on the Internet from the
>>> command line. However, the browser refuses to load any pages.
>>
>> Which browser? Firefox and Evolution both use NetworkManager to
>> determine if the machine is connected. Even if the network is working,
>> if NM is not configured to manage the interface, these apps will think
>> there is no connection.
>
> are you sure about this???
>
> where is the pointer to docs to state this?
>
> i seriously doubt that firefox has any way of knowing about NM specifically..
>
> but it is curious that you can ping, but not access via FF.. what
> happens if you download/check with Opera..

If NM's active but isn't managing an interface, it reports to FF that
the interface is down.

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