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

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Philip wrote:
> maybe set the homepage to a local file instead of an Internet site?
>
> regards, Philip
>
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > 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?

Since time immemorial I copy over onto every new system:
mozilla-browser/localstart.php

which I got from Debian someplace, sometime. Which I modified to show 
what system is booting, but avoiding the network + set as homepage.

You want that?

Hugo