Internet Access has been knobbled

[Colin Law]

On 23 March 2017 at 04:36, Gary Taig <taig at melbpc.org.au> wrote:
> Many thanks for the comments, Liam,
>
> Yes, eth0 is not working but the question is why
>
> AND
>
> why does FireFox always start in the "offline" state?

Because the system is offline - it can hardly run online when there is
no working network.

>
> I think the system has been hit by an atom bomb.

No, just that for some reason your network is not working.

>
>
> I've gone browsing and found a file removed|missing|hidden
>
>
> under etc/NetworkManager/system-connections there used to be a file named
> Auto eth0

I think that is maintained by network manager, and if you get the
network working it will re-appear. I don't think that it is the cause
of the problem.

If you click on the network icon in the top panel is Enable Networking ticked?

What happened when you connected direct to the modem with a new cable
as I suggested?

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Colin