internet apps don't connect in FC14

[bruce]

but the OP had stated that NM wasn't active..

and i'm still not convinced that NM is "reporting" to Firefox. Which
isn't to say that FF isn't accessing something to connect to the the
port.



On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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