On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 1:20 AM, bruce <badoug...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan > <pocallag...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 20:29 -0500, Jim Philips wrote: >>> >>> I installed FC14 today on my laptop. I can connect to the Internet and >>> download software. I can also ping sites out on the Internet from the >>> command line. However, the browser refuses to load any pages. >> >> Which browser? Firefox and Evolution both use NetworkManager to >> determine if the machine is connected. Even if the network is working, >> if NM is not configured to manage the interface, these apps will think >> there is no connection. > > are you sure about this??? > > where is the pointer to docs to state this? > > i seriously doubt that firefox has any way of knowing about NM specifically.. > > but it is curious that you can ping, but not access via FF.. what > happens if you download/check with Opera..
If NM's active but isn't managing an interface, it reports to FF that the interface is down. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2009-November/042414.html -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
