Re: Iceweasel S L O W to start when no Internet connection

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 09/04/08 12:36, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> On 2008-09-04 19:10, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 09/04/08 12:03, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> > > On 2008-09-04 16:36, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> > > > Iceweasel takes forever (minutes :) to start when I have no
> > > > immediate Internet connection.  That's very annoying, because, at
> > > > my place of work, I can't have an Internet connection until I've
> > > > logged in through a web page. There doesn't seem to be an option
> > > > to start Iceweasel off line.  This is a recent change in its
> > > > behavior.  Any thoughts?  (I'm very tempted just to go with the
> > > > latest Firefox, and bypass the whole Iceweasel thing entirely,
> > > > but I prefer to use Debian packaging where possible.)
> > > On my lenny, I get a tick box option for offline start, if I start
> > > by $ iceweasel -ProfileManager
> > >
> > > (as has always been the case since ... I don't remember when.
> > > Netscape 4?)
> > File->"Work Offline"
>
> OP asked for an option *before* the start. The File menue is only
> available after start.
>
> -ProfileManager presents a little box before the start of the main program.

It doesn't carry over?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
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