Re: [SLUG] firefox work offline will not stay off

From: Levi Bard (taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 25 2006 - 16:42:31 EDT


> > >> > When I start firefox it now comes up always in 'work offline' I have
> > >> checked
> > >> > the box, I have checked about:config, I have tried to use the user.jr
> > >> file but
> > >> > it still insist on starting up in the 'work offline' mode Any ideas. This
> > >> is the
> > >> > version that is installed on SuSE 10.1.
> > >> > Firefox 1.5.0.3
> > >>
> > >> Can you try upgrading to 1.5.0.6?
> > >
> > > I will try it and see. Hope that fixes it.
> >
> > Before you do that, make sure its lock file doesn't exist:
> >
> > eben@pc:~$ \ls -l ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/lock
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 eben eben 18 2006-08-22 21:02 /home/eben/.mozilla/firefox/p8hrtmm3.default/lock -> 192.168.1.11:+2788
> >
> > If it does and FF isn't running, delete it.
> >
> > --
>
> The lock file goes away when ff shuts down so it is getting it from else
> where. I have looked at the prefs.js file and created a little user.js file
> all to no avail. There is also nothing in the about:config stuff either, it
> must be something that has been left in there. You can turn it off but
> as soon as you restart the browser it comes back up offline.

1) Mine's in ~/.firefox
2) Try renaming your ~/.firefox (and/or ~/.mozilla) and starting FireFox again.

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