http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=936324 Bug ID: 936324 Summary: Firefox needs restart when network device not available during start Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Factory Version: 201505* Hardware: Other OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Firefox Assignee: bnc-team-mozilla@forge.provo.novell.com Reporter: novell@tower-net.de QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- My laptop has a switch to put the hardware in offline mode. So there is no ethernet, bluetooth and so on. I think it would be the same if you have some USB stick for network connection. When I start Firefox in the offline mode of the laptop and switch it online afterwards, Firefox doesn't recognize the available network connections or network interfaces. It shows the error page that the server at domain example.com could not be found. I've to quit and start Firefox again to get it work. The ping tool on console has no problem in the meantime. If the laptop has been in online mode during start of Firefox I can put it offline/online as much as I'd like. This doesn't harm Firefox. Maybe it doesn't recognize a change in the network interfaces. So to say if you would have different network interface cards and switch. But this I couldn't test. At least if you have only the local interface during start of Firefox and add another network interface for Internet connection later on, Firefox will not recognize this and can not use it. I would say that this is a bug in network software if you have to restart when network interfaces change!? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.