firefox forgets IP address

[danbuter]

Binary package hint: firefox

I have to run dhclient to connect to my cable internet after restarting Firefox. It causes the IP address to be deleted for some reason. Just started happening a couple days ago. Before that, it worked fine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 6d1cc079f6a9fcadc2ffaa9525ec27f4
CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f
Date: Thu Jun 24 19:11:36 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

[drew212 (mstngdrew212)]

Thank you for submitting this bug and helping to improve Ubuntu. Sometimes Firefox profiles can become corrupt and/or extensions can conflict. Could you please try this with a new profile and see if the problem still exists? You do not need to delete your old profile to test. If a new profile helps, you might want to try to disable all your extensions and re-enable them one by one until you find the problematic one. To disable extensions, Tools > Add-ons > Find the extension > Highlight and click 'Disable' > Restart Firefox

You can start the profile manager with the following command:
firefox -ProfileManager

[danbuter (buter1)]

The add-on that is causing the problem is ubuntu firefox modifactions 0.9rc2. After I disabled this add-on, I can connect normally. The only other add-on I use is Adblock Plus with Easylist. I tried with AP on and off with Ubuntu mods on, no effect. I then turned it on and off with ubuntu mods off, and my laptop connected normally.

[danbuter (buter1)]

In addition, I connect my cable internet through a Dynex e-401 router.

[danbuter (buter1)]

Ok, more info.

While the ubuntu add-on causes me to lose ISP between Firefox restarts, when I restart my laptop I also lose my IP address. So maybe there is something in the start-up process that is affecting this as well.

[danbuter (buter1)]

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424626

There's a Firefox bug about Network Manager that appears to be related to my issue. And naturally, it's Ubuntu-specific.

[Draycen DeCator (ddecator)]

Moving to ubufox since that seems to be causing the issue.

[danbuter (buter1)]

I did a complete reinstall and now this problem has gone away. Not sure what happened. I had used Computer Janitor on my broken install, so maybe that had deleted an important file.

[drew212 (mstngdrew212)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.