Hello Designers, I have just got back from an Ubuntu user's office where their Ubuntu computer 'didn't work at all'. It turns out that the networking checkbox was unchecked and the computer was simply offline.
Before I fixed it though I wanted to see how the user assessed the problem and tried to fix it: . Loaded Firefox using the quick link on the top pannel . Got the yahoo search page (looks like we're online) . Tried to navigate to mail.yahoo.com . Got a message warning that firefox was in offline mode. . Reads instructions to turn off 'offline mode' . Goes to File > Work Offline and unchecks the box. . Attempts to refresh page, getting a server not found error. . Concludes computer doesn't work. Desktop computer connected via Ethernet (so not aware of network manager via connecting to wifi networks). Fixing the problem was as simple as turning the networking back on and waiting for the computer to get a new ip address via dhcp. Martin Owens, _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
