no internet connection with Fedora16

[Timothy Murphy]

T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:

>> Make sure it's not set to work in Offline Mode.  My copy keeps resetting
>> that every time it restarts and so far I haven't gotten it to stop.
> 
> 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.

Thanks v. much for that.

But why does Firefox do this?
It shows a surprising lack of common sense.

I put it on a par with NetworkManager's habit of editing /etc/resolv.conf
and removing the nameservers mentioned there if it cannot see them.


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