Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

firefox goes offline everytime i close it

Bug #256437 reported by nyn2000 on 2008-08-09

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #191889: [MASTER] [WORKAROUND] "Offline Mode" feature fails to detect proper online state for networks that are managed outside of network manager.. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Each time I open Firefox, get the message 'firefox is offline-check work online and try again' Once online is checked, there is no problem, till i close firefox. When I open it the next time, I have to repeat the 'check work online'.
Why does the setting not get saved?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Aug 10 00:13:58 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_IN
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64

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nyn2000 (nyn2000) wrote on 2008-08-09:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ExtensionSummary.txt Edit (437 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
profiles.ini.txt Edit (94 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Eric Lee Elliott (eric-eric-elliott) wrote on 2008-08-10: Re: [Bug 256437] Re: firefox goes offline everytime i close it

On Saturday 09 August 2008 14:16:28 J wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 191889 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 191889
> [MASTER] [WORKAROUND] "Offline Mode" feature fails to detect proper
> online state for networks that are managed outside of network manager.

Cure is simple: quit using Firefox entirely. And in my case, quit using
Kubuntu, Ubuntu entirely. While configuring my router, firefox 3, with
latest update, Firefox goes off line. completely screws router configuration.
this in a system I had selected to install FF2 not FF3. Who chose to force
FF3 on me? FF or FFX was not chosen, FF2 was chosen.
Why does update to FF3 completely screw FF2? Why can I not revert to FF2?
Some damned conspiracy? Or what?

My bug was not duplicate of any other bug. My bug was fact that Firefox has
an off line mode, a useless damned off line mode that serves only 2 purposes;
1 to require us to select on line mode, 2 to drive us away from use of
Firefox completely.

Stupid programmers have required me to leave Kubuntu, to move to Debian for
above and following reasons:
System 1 monitor resolution can not be left at 1200 X 800 on one computer if
external monitor is connected. Externa monitor is useless due to stupid
changes of resolution repeated at each update.
System 2 monitor resolution can not be left at native 1920 X 1200 but must be
repaired after updates.
Kubuntu randomly choses to not allow access to USB drives.
Konsole can not be set to 111 X 72, black text on white. Each start of
Konsole is small white font on black screen, useless to my vision. WTF, why
offer settings that are ignored???
System notifications can not be set OFF and stay off. Some damned programmer
has determined I must have loud noises at each failed search, each failure of
any sort and to hell with my selection of silence. WTF, why offer settings
that are ignored???

This off line on line mode selection is just one symptom of stupid
programmers that want it their own stupid way and to hell with users.

Kubuntu is diseased with stupid programmers that require monitor power off to
be at 45 minutes and will not abide my selection of power off at 3 minutes.

firefox off line mode is just one of many symptoms of problem.
I do not know if problem is Kubuntu, KDE or Ubuntu, I do know I am sick of
it. Is the programmers goal to force me back to windiz or to force me to
learn every bit of Linux configurations to keep my setting intact, to keep my
computers from farting at me at every failed action? Must I learn to hand
configure X11 to keep screens at native resolution?

Who gains what from changing my screens from native resolution with each
update?
Who gains what from switching on loud offensive noises with each update?
Who gains what from changing permissions to access USB and external HDDs with
each update?
Hell will be full of lawyers and programmers.
--

God Bless You,

Eric Lee Elliott
870.613.1398 or 800.827.5038

PMB 6755, 167 Rainbow Drive, Livingston TX 77399-1067

<email address hidden> http://eric-elliott.com

On Saturday 09 August 2008 14:16:28 J wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 191889 ***
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 191889
>    [MASTER] [WORKAROUND] "Offline Mode" feature fails to detect proper
> online state for networks that are managed outside of network manager.

Cure is simple: quit using Firefox entirely.  And in my case, quit using 
Kubuntu, Ubuntu entirely.  While configuring my router, firefox 3, with 
latest update, Firefox goes off line. completely screws router configuration.  
this in a system I had selected to install FF2 not FF3.  Who chose to force 
FF3 on me?  FF or FFX was not chosen, FF2 was chosen.
Why does update to FF3 completely screw FF2?  Why can I not revert to FF2?  
Some damned conspiracy? Or what?

My bug was not duplicate of any other bug.  My bug was fact that Firefox has 
an off line mode, a useless damned off line mode that serves only 2 purposes; 
1 to require us to select on line mode, 2 to drive us away from use of 
Firefox completely.

Stupid programmers have required me to leave Kubuntu, to move to Debian for 
above and following reasons:
System 1 monitor resolution can not be left at 1200 X 800 on one computer if 
external monitor is connected.  Externa monitor is useless due to stupid 
changes of resolution repeated at each update.
System 2 monitor resolution can not be left at native 1920 X 1200 but must be 
repaired after updates.
Kubuntu randomly choses to not allow access to USB drives.
Konsole can not be set to 111 X 72, black text on white.  Each start of 
Konsole is small white font on black screen, useless to my vision.  WTF, why 
offer settings that are ignored???
System notifications can not be set OFF and stay off.  Some damned programmer 
has determined I must have loud noises at each failed search, each failure of 
any sort and to hell with my selection of silence.  WTF, why offer settings 
that are ignored???

This  off line on line mode selection is just one symptom of stupid 
programmers that want it their own stupid way and to hell with users.

Kubuntu is diseased with stupid programmers that require monitor power off to 
be at 45 minutes and will not abide my selection of power off at 3 minutes.

firefox off line mode is just one of many symptoms of problem.
I do not know if problem is Kubuntu, KDE or Ubuntu,  I do know I am sick of 
it.  Is the programmers goal to force me back to windiz or to force me to 
learn every bit of Linux configurations to keep my setting intact, to keep my 
computers from farting at me at every failed action?  Must I learn to hand 
configure X11 to keep screens at native resolution?

Who gains what from changing my screens from native resolution with each 
update?
Who gains what from switching on loud offensive noises with each update?
Who gains what from changing permissions to access USB and external HDDs with 
each update?
Hell will be full of lawyers and programmers.
--

God Bless You,

Eric Lee Elliott
870.613.1398 or 800.827.5038

PMB 6755, 167 Rainbow Drive, Livingston TX 77399-1067

eric@eric-elliott.com http://eric-elliott.com

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Ernie (erniebell) wrote on 2008-10-13:

I had the same problem using Kubuntu 8.04 and KDE 3.59. The problem I had was that I was using the WL Assistant and Network Manager. With my son's help we removed the WL Assistant and Network Manager, and installed WICD and the problem was fixed!

Ernie
Clinton Twp, MI