firefox defaults to offline

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2014-07-03 at 06:15 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 07/03/14 05:03, Mike Wright wrote:
> > Running f20 and firefox 30.0.
> >
> > Firefox now starts in "Offline" mode.  This is very annoying to me. I've never found a need to use a browser offline.
> >
> > I've looked at every preference, about:config setting, and I haven't been able to find a way to start firefox in "Online" mode.
> >
> > Any helpers? 
> 
> I've not heard of this complaint in a long time.....
> 
> In the past, one would go to about:config and find the entry for "networkmanager" and disable it.

Or actually configure NetworkManager consistently. IOW if NM is running,
you need to check that it is managing the network interface, otherwise
some apps (Evolution being another one) will think the network is down
when it isn't.

poc