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Firefox in Fedora always starting in offline mode

I had a problem using Firefox in Fedora... every time I started Firefox it was in offline mode and I'd have to go up to the file menus and uncheck the "Work Offline" option to get Firefox back online. If this is happening to you, the fix is pretty easy.

Open a new tab and type about:config in the address bar. Dismiss warnings as needed.

In the filter, enter toolkit.networkmanager.disable.

When this brings up the toolkit.networkmanager.disable option, double click on it to change the value from false to true.

Close Firefox and restart it. It should then open up normally and not be in offline mode.
Rating: 100% positive, 3 total Votes
Categories: firefox customization Fedora
Added: on Apr 22, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Added By: an anonymous user
Searches: firefox fedora offline mode customization

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Worked for me, although I only entered networkmanager as the filter (anyone following the above instructions __to the letter__ would be disappointed, owing to a small typo in the string - disable is missing the 'a'. I didn't see that first time either, only noticed it when I came back to comment !).

It sorted my problem however, so I'm happy :-)
– Added by an anonymous user on Oct 19, 2009 at 7:40 am
The typo has been fixed.
– Added by tipstr on Oct 19, 2009 at 8:05 am
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