On 8/28/06, Chuck Hast <wchast@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/25/06, Levi Bard <taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> > 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.
> >
>
> Here is where I am with this one, i putz'd around with this thing trying the
> different things, Saturday I had to use the machine on a wired connection
> rather than wireless (the norm at home and work) With the ethernet connected
> Firefox comes up on line, it is only when it is a wireless connection, I have
> always brought up the connection FIRST, but firefox always comes up off
> line if the connection is wireless, it appears that it is not getting a signal
> indicating it is on line that is all I can figure out. I would guess that the
> mechanisim that detects the physical connection does not work on a wireless
> connection, this is the case with both the home desktop (it is wireless too)
> and the laptop.
Woah, that shouldn't be right! I've always used firefox with wireless.
I'm assuming this is something distro specific (are you using SuSE on
both comps?), and I'm sure there's a fix. I suggest popping a good
livecd such as Knoppix (http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html) in
and see if that detects your wireless; maybe google (sorry, use the
Google(R) search engine) for solutions, or contact SuSE's support.
A Google search reveals a conflict with KNetworkManager (never used it
myself) at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=472478
... and that's the only one that shows up on the first page (search
terms: SuSE wireless firefox "work offline")
Good luck,
Possum
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