Pon and poff

[John Heinen]

John Heinen wrote:
> Marius Gedminas wrote:
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>> On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 09:49:24AM -0700, John Heinen wrote:
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>>> Marius Gedminas wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 07:17:42AM -0700, John Heinen wrote:
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>>>>> In reference to all the previous instruction in regards to pppconfig. I
>>>>> finally got it !!!
>>>>> The problem was: After entering all the pertinent information into
>>>>> pppconfig, one should RESTART ubuntu and than pon.
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>>>>> One more question;  The connection has been made, how do we place the
>>>>> browser in the online mode?  John
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>>>> In Firefox it's File -> Work offline.
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>>> I know, the tick keeps coming back on, I take it off, try to open the
>>> browser and the tick is back on?
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>> Interesting.  What do you mean by "try to open the browser"?  The
>> browser is already open when you access the File menu, isn't it?  Do you
>> close and reopen it?
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>> This works for me (both in Jaunty and Intrepid):
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>>   1. run pon
>>   2. wait until you're online
>>   3. uncheck File -> Work offline in Firefox
>>   4. browse
>>
>> You need to repeat step 3 every time you exit and restart Firefox.
>>
>> Marius Gedminas
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> Even though I unchecked  "work off-line" in Firefox" I still get the
> message "Firefox cannot find the server at www.clearstatio.com"       
> The system is connected to the internet. the phone is making those funny
> noises. May it be that Firefox is not installed,  even though it shows
> up on the bar?
> What is Jaunty or Intrepid, is that something I have to install from
> somewhere before browsing.?
>
> In answer to your message from 3.36 pm... "In the URL bar for firefox enter about:config"...............I don't know where the url bar is, is that where one would type  www.clearstation.com  ....