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Description of problem: Hello, I'm using bridged interface which is not managed by NM. The problem is that firefox somehow starts always in offline mode. And I need to turn it on manually. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): firefox-3.6.17-1.el6_0.x86_64 NetworkManager-0.8.1-9.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. set up networking according to (Additional info) 2. pkill -9 firefox # make sure there is no instance running 3. firefox Actual results: firefox starts in offline mode Expected results: firefox should not start in offline mode Additional info: /sbin/chkconfig | grep -i network NetworkManager 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-{eth0,br0} DEVICE="eth0" BOOTPROTO="none" HWADDR="00:22:68:11:53:67" NM_CONTROLLED="no" ONBOOT="yes" BRIDGE="br0" DEVICE=br0 TYPE=Bridge ONBOOT=no BOOTPROTO=dhcp DELAY=0 sudo /sbin/ifconfig -a # Interfaces tapn are probably not relevant br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:68:11:53:67 inet addr:10.34.29.98 Bcast:10.34.29.255 Mask:255.255.254.0 inet6 addr: 2620:52:0:221d:222:68ff:fe11:5367/64 Scope:Global inet6 addr: fe80::222:68ff:fe11:5367/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:108564 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:16442 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:22902649 (21.8 MiB) TX bytes:2332584 (2.2 MiB) eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:68:11:53:67 inet6 addr: fe80::222:68ff:fe11:5367/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:456861 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:83474 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:543683016 (518.4 MiB) TX bytes:10394877 (9.9 MiB) Interrupt:20 Memory:fc000000-fc020000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:57839 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:57839 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:78177757 (74.5 MiB) TX bytes:78177757 (74.5 MiB) pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B2:CA:B4:D4:45:70 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) tap3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr C2:2D:25:E2:16:93 inet6 addr: fe80::c02d:25ff:fee2:1693/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:38390 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:289769 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 RX bytes:4730199 (4.5 MiB) TX bytes:324259107 (309.2 MiB) tap4 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B2:4B:9E:A0:A1:A5 inet6 addr: fe80::b04b:9eff:fea0:a1a5/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:28537 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:212113 errors:0 dropped:2 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 RX bytes:3326856 (3.1 MiB) TX bytes:209901212 (200.1 MiB) virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:DB:2F:74 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3938 (3.8 KiB) virbr0-nic Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:DB:2F:74 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1E:65:32:A7:E8 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) ping redhat.com PING redhat.com (10.4.127.15) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 10.4.127.15: icmp_seq=1 ttl=123 time=170 ms ...
The same happens with pidgin. It is a problem with NetworkManager, see bug #718928.
Confirmed on Fedora 14 too.
Since RHEL 6.2 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as exception or blocker. Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
This is not going to be fixed in RHEL6, but will be better in later RHEL releases.