NetworkManager won't become "active"

[Joe Zeff]

On 01/08/2011 04:48 PM, Alex wrote:
> Yes, it has worked before. The problem is that firefox (at least,
> likely other apps too) starts in "offline" mode unless it detects
> NetworkManager in some way as being active.

I find that a tad hard to believe.  I have NetworkManager disabled on 
this box (Running F13) because I find the network service more reliable 
and Firefox never has any problem starting in online mode.