Comment 297 for bug 191889

I have Linux Mint Elyssa which is based on Ubuntu Hardy. I use dial-up modem with serial to usb connector. There wasn't a way for me to create a connection via Network Administration Tool>Network Settings as there is no ttyUSB0 choice (there is in KPPP) so I use wvdial to connect to the internet. That means I'm not always connected. Hello, there are some of us that still use dial-up.

Firefox 3 gives me the same offline mode problem.

I fixed it by purging
network-manager, which also purged network-manager-gnome.

Now Firefox 3 starts up as it used to in previous versions without any problems. I decided to remove network-manager as it states in the description for this utility "NetworkManager attempts to keep an active network connection available at all
times." Well, that may be all well for cable and wireless connections, but not for dial-up. I also didn't like to see it in my panel with the little red x, as it never found a connection for when I would use dial up. So, it's partly a problem with NM as well.