[gentoo-user] Firefox is currently in offline mode and can't browse the Web

[Miernik <public@public.miernik.name>]

I installed a new Gentoo installation, and now when I open Firefox I get:


Firefox is currently in offline mode and can't browse the Web.

The browser is operating in its offline mode and cannot connect to the
requested item.

    * Is the computer connected to an active network?
    * Place the browser in online mode and try again.


My computer is surely connected to an active network, I can wget without
problems, and of course I can go to the File menu and switch off the
stupid "Offline" mode, but I don't want to do that every time I start
Firefox, so why does he put me in this mode in the first place? What can
I do to have Firefox start normally, like it does in Debian?

It's a pity that Linux applications start to behave more and more like
MS-Windows ones - they do what THEY think is best instead of letting the
user do what he wants. I want to browse the web and I am online, while
the stupid program thinks I am offline, and prevents me to browse the
web.

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Miernik
http://miernik.name/

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