Web-browsers start in Offline Mode

in firefox you can go to about:config then filter results to 'network.online' and set it to true.

this should also work for epiphany I believe

Does network-manager say you're online or not?

Hi all,
      I am afflicted with this bug. I will be using firefox as my main test-bed.

@ Eric Jansen, about:config > network.online: true is there from before. I didn't need to toggle it.

@Mackenzie Morgan :- The network-manager says I'm not online even though I'm.

This might be a dupe of #191889 but let the OP answer the questions given, mine is that, will try the workaround.

If you connect by a method other than Network Manager, you are experiencing bug 191889. If you connected with network manager and are *still* getting "offline mode" you have a new bug.

@Mackenzie Morgan :- The network-manager says I'm not online even
though I'm (like shirish)

And I think it's a new bug because I connect with network manager and I'm
*still* getting "offline mode"

Mackenzie I'm not sure if I connect with NetworkManager or not, I actually connect through my router.

This is my /etc/network/interfaces file

 cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1

Any help/guidance/comments appreciated.

xxx@xxx:~$ sudo cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth0
xxx@xxx:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 00:1d:7d:9b:83:0d
          inet dirección:192.168.1.33 Difusión:192.168.1.255 Máscara:
255.255.255.0
          dirección inet6: fe80::21d:7dff:fe9b:830d/64 Alcance:Vínculo
          ARRIBA DIFUSIÓN CORRIENDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
          RX packets:7946 errors:0 dropped:89710717945 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5273 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          colisiones:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:10307860 (10.3 MB) TX bytes:673115 (673.1 KB)
          Interrupción:252 Dirección base: 0xa000

lo Link encap:Bucle local
          inet dirección:127.0.0.1 Máscara:255.0.0.0
          dirección inet6: ::1/128 Alcance:Anfitrión
          ARRIBA LOOPBACK CORRIENDO MTU:16436 Métrica:1
          RX packets:166 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:166 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          colisiones:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:8300 (8.3 KB) TX bytes:8300 (8.3 KB)

and netwoek-manager still tells me that I'm offline!!! and of course I'm
online

Are you using a static IP configured through the manual method in NM or
are you just clicking a network out of the dropdown?

latest NM in intrepid should fix this. see discussion in bug 191889

applet will still show "not connected" if all your devices are unmanaged. but NM will tell apps like browser that you are online. which is the original bug here.

Mackenzie, I have tried both ways, whenever I try to put static NM makes my netmask 24 instead of 255.255.255.0 . So right now using dhclient . NM also shows the same, although it shows for both eth0 & eth1 while only eth0 is connected.

hence now its all dhclient, any idea how to stop the dhclient and try this way?

Btw this is when it boots up

CIDR /24 syntax and 255.255.255.0 are the same thing.

What do you mean by "NM also shows the same, although it shows for both eth0 & eth1 while only eth0 is connected."?

Try this:
1. Connect using NM
2. Start Firefox
3. Is it in Offline Mode?

Alexander:
Is this Fix Released in Intrepid, Hardy, or both?

most should be fixed in intrepid. maybe there are corner cases left.