The Firefox workaround works! Thanks a lot, now starts my Firefox ONLINE with USB modem.
My /etc/network/interfaces file is: auto lo iface lo inet loopback iface eth1000 inet dhcp # And this 3 lines are followed by lines with "#" at the beginning -- I think, these are only comments. -- [MASTER] [WORKAROUND] "Offline Mode" feature fails to detect proper online state for networks that are managed outside of network manager. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs