[Bug 236664] New: Firefox use NetworkManager status to determine online status
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664 Summary: Firefox use NetworkManager status to determine online status Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Firefox AssignedTo: bnc-team-mozilla@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: andre@trusoft.co.za QAContact: qa@suse.de CC: wolfgang@rosenauer.org When NetworkManager is used and the computer is not connected to a LAN via ethernet of WiFi, then Firefox starts up in offline mode. This is a problem in cases where the user is dialed up via analogue modem, or not at all, but needs to access a web server running locally on the machine. Problem was discovered while setting up an OpenSUSE laptop for a person who needs to demo a web application to potential clients. The web application is installed on the laptop, so there is no need to go online to do the demo. FireFox is pointed to http://localhost in order to do the demo. Unfortunately Firefox is in offline mode as NetworkManager is not connected to a LAN. This is also a problem for dialup users who have to manually set Firefox to online mode each time they dial up and want to browse the web. Intermediate solution is to disable Network manager and user traditional method. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664 ------- Comment #1 from wolfgang@rosenauer.org 2007-01-21 22:42 MST ------- The bug is not that Firefox is using NetworkManager to discover the online status but that localhost is treated as a connection where an external network is needed at all. Would be nice if Firefox would recognize local addresses in offline mode. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664 wolfgang@rosenauer.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Platform|x86-64 |All Summary|Firefox use NetworkManager |Firefox doesn't allow to access localhost in |status to determine online |offline mode |status | ------- Comment #2 from wolfgang@rosenauer.org 2007-01-21 23:55 MST ------- This is known upstream but Firefox' network layer can't differentiate local network and network in general yet. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=339814 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664 maw@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |REMIND ------- Comment #3 from maw@novell.com 2007-01-25 12:58 MST ------- This is unlikely to be fixed soon. Revisit someday. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664 eduardo_biagi@hotmail.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|REMIND | ------- Comment #4 from eduardo_biagi@hotmail.com 2007-04-09 14:02 MST ------- IMHO this is not a firefox bug but a network-manager bug. NM should not set offline mode when it manages no device, only when specifically asked to switch to offline mode. This seems easier to fix than have Firefox differentiate local network. Making FF differentiate this doesn't solve the problem, other apps could face the same problem, that's why I think it's a NM bug. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664#c5 JP Rosevear <jpr@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |LATER --- Comment #5 from JP Rosevear <jpr@novell.com> 2007-08-11 09:23:15 MST --- Its correct for NM to do this. The patch is in FF. Its easy to override in the menu, File->Work Offline (and uncheck it) and this is a small corner case. The vast majority of people are not running a webserver on their local machine. The FF upstream bug is appropriate. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664 User coolo@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664#c6 Stephan Kulow <coolo@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|LATER | --- Comment #6 from Stephan Kulow <coolo@novell.com> 2008-06-25 03:19:42 MDT --- mass reopening all 10.2 LATER+REMIND bugs. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664 User coolo@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664#c7 Stephan Kulow <coolo@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #7 from Stephan Kulow <coolo@novell.com> 2008-06-25 03:23:59 MDT --- close all 10.2 LATER/REMIND bugs as WONTFIX. Reopen yourself if you still plan to work on it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664 User wolfgang@rosenauer.org added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664#c8 Wolfgang Rosenauer <wolfgang@rosenauer.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Component|Firefox |Firefox Product|openSUSE 10.2 |openSUSE 11.1 Resolution|WONTFIX | Version|Final |Factory --- Comment #8 from Wolfgang Rosenauer <wolfgang@rosenauer.org> 2008-06-28 10:37:15 MDT --- That's still an issue which should get fixed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664 JP Rosevear <jpr@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |should_go_upstream -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664 User wolfgang@rosenauer.org added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236664#c9 --- Comment #9 from Wolfgang Rosenauer <wolfgang@rosenauer.org> 2008-07-15 11:28:17 MDT --- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=339814 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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