I am connected to the Internet, because when I am navigating through Fedora's website I was able to start a download of Fedora, plus I deleted the cache, so it's not just using what it remembers. On Feb 20, 2010, at 17:11, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2010-02-20 at 19:10 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> Seth writes: >> >>> So, I just installed Fedora 12 onto a current model 15" MacBook >>> Pro, and >>> it's connected to the local network just fine, but I'm having a >>> little >>> trouble with the Internet. I can download new applications from the >>> repositories, so I AM on the Internet, but it appears that the only >>> website I can visit is Fedora's website. I cleared the cache and >>> tried >>> again and could still go to >>> <URL:http://fedoraproject.com>fedoraproject.com, but if I try to >>> go to any >>> other website, Firefox tells me I'm not connected to the Internet. >>> I'm not >>> an expert at Linux, so I would like to stay away from the command >>> line if >>> at all possible. >> >> I see two possibilities: >> >> 1) You are not connected to the Internet. When Firefox detects that >> there is >> no network connection, it will serve pages that it previously >> cached, out of >> its cache, but when you try to load a page that it has not cached, >> it will >> tell you that you're not online. >> >> 2) Firefox is not correctly detecting your network status, and >> falls back to >> offline mode, leading to #1. From the "File" menu, uncheck "Work >> offline", >> then try to browse to www.cnn.com, www.yahoo.com, www.foxnews.com, >> any page >> that you have not visited yet. > > In relation to (2), Firefox detects it's online by asking > NetworkManager. If NM thinks it's not online, that's what FF believes. > NM will say it's not online when it's not managing the interface, even > when the interface actually *is* online. The solution is to check the > appropriate box in system-config-network. > > poc > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
