Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

possible bug in Firefox when using dialup connection ?

Bug #247266 reported by wpshooter
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
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Bug Description

Post to Ubuntu forum by Syscode:

Hi,

I have just installed ubuntu 8.04.

All seems well apart from firefox seems to connect only to few sites..
I can get google.com for example - but not ubuntu.com. In fact the only other site that i got connected with is: diamondcard.us. (ekiga)

After a bit of a search here, it seemed that maybe my problem was a need to add the line net.ipv4.tcp_default_window_scaling = 0
on etc/sysctl.conf - but adding the line didn't make any difference.

Any idea what may cause this behaviour and how to fix it..?

Many thanks!

Post to Ubuntu forum by Wpshooter:

Syscode:

I am having a somewhat similar problem.

I am trying to get a computer for my sister configured for her use on a dialup basis. I am installing Hardy 8.04.1. I am installing the O/S and what applications she will need using my home Verizon DSL connection and then I am switching the machine over to a dialup basis for use at her house - where she does not have access to DSL.

I am using an external serial port dialup modem - Trendnet TFM-560X. Once I get the O/S installed and I attempt to dialup the ISP using gnome-ppp, the computer seems to connect to the ISP fine and then I can go to Firefox and I can see Google and also other sites.

But then once I disconnect from the ISP and then when I attempt to dialup again, the modem seems to be dialing up and connecting to the ISP (according to what I am seeing on the dialer) BUT then when I attempt to open Firefox, it will show Google page (which I have set as the home page) BUT I can not go to any other sites - says Firefox is in offline mode or something similar to that.

Is there possibly a bug in either the Hardy 8.04 O/S and/or in the new Firefox version 3.0 ?

Thanks.

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Rui Boon (ruiboon) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

This seems to be similar to bug 191889. Could you check if the workaround there works for you? The workarounds are at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/191889/comments/157 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/191889/comments/161

Do let us know if those workaround solve this problem.

Thanks in advance.

Changed in firefox:
status: New → Incomplete
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wpshooter (joverstreet1) wrote :

I do not have the technical expertise to deploy this "work around".

I certainly hope there are immediate plans for fixing this, so us non-technical people can use Ubuntu Hardy on a dialup basis.

Thanks.

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Rui Boon (ruiboon) wrote :

Yes, there is immediate plan to fix this. This should be out in the 3.0.1 update which will land soon.

(Marking this as a duplicate of bug 191889 as the summary matches the description of the master bug. )

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wpshooter (joverstreet1) wrote :

Will this just a normal update to Hardy 8.04.1 or will it be a new release of Hardy ?

Any idea as to what soon will be ? I have a computer that I want to get to someone to use on a dialup basis and it sure would be nice if it could have Hardy instead of Gutsy.

Thanks.

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antistress (antistress) wrote :

With hardy, you can uninstall network manager to avoid firefox 3 to start offline

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xtsbdu3reyrbrmroezob (xtsbdu3reyrbrmroezob) wrote : Re: [Bug 247266] Re: possible bug in Firefox when using dialup connection ?

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 4:18 PM, antistress <email address hidden> wrote:
> With hardy, you can uninstall network manager to avoid firefox 3 to
> start offline

Or you can just utilize the addon I developed until that time. It is
painless...
http://kristian-hermansen.com/code/disable.offline.mode/disable.offline.mode.html
--
Kristian Erik Hermansen
--
CISSP, CEPT, CREA, CEH, Linux+, A+, QGCS, ACSA, this is getting ridiculous...
http://kristian-hermansen.com

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Henry Wertz (hwertz) wrote :

>Will this just a normal update to Hardy 8.04.1 or will it be a new release >of Hardy ?

Since the plan is to replace Firefox 3 with 3.0.1, it'll just come as a regular update via the update manager.

Rock on!

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

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Henry Wertz wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 191889 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889
>
>> Will this just a normal update to Hardy 8.04.1 or will it be a new
> release >of Hardy ?
>
> Since the plan is to replace Firefox 3 with 3.0.1, it'll just come as a
> regular update via the update manager.
>
> Rock on!
>
 I thought i was talking to Alexander and he said it had been pushed to
HArdy but cant get into Intrepid due to Alpha 2 freeze. I will talk to
him about this when i next run into him on IRC since we work together on
Mozilla development for Ubuntu i always run into him just not much on
weekends.

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Sincerely Yours,
    John Vivirito

https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnVivirito
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