[Conkeror] Conkeror in Offline mode after installation

[Jeremy Maitin-Shepard]

Sven Bretfeld <sven.bretfeld at gmx.ch> writes:

> Hi to all
> I just switched from the Firefox plugin to the xulrunner version
> yesterday. Great improvements. Congratulations.

> My problem.

> On my second computer, the one in my office which connects to the
> internet via a proxy, Conkeror runs, but refuses to connect to the
> internet. It displays a message reading:

> ,----
> | Offline Mode
> | 
> | This document cannot be displayed while offline. To go online, uncheck
> | Work Offline from the File menu.
> | 
> | The browser is operating in its offline mode and cannot connect to the
> | requested item.
> | 
> |     * Is the computer connected to an active network?
> |     * Place the browser in online mode and try again.
> `----

This message is indeed very confusing; perhaps it is coming from
something external, rather than Mozilla?

> I think this message is a relict from Firefox times, since there is no
> File menue in Conkeror. 

> But what could be the problem? I set the http-proxy via about:config.
> But still the same. Reinstallation and deleting ~/.conkeror.modzev.org
> doesn't change anything.

Perhaps you did not set all of the necessary prefs for an HTTP proxy.

In particular, you need to set:

user_pref("network.proxy.type", 1);

to enable the proxy.

> Both my machines run Debian Etch. I installed Conkeror on each in the
> same way, following the installation guide on the Conkeror homepage. I
> took the linked binaries of xulrunner and the snapshot of of Conkeror
> (not git). 

> When I start Conkeror on the problematic machine from a shell I get
> the following error message:

> ,----
> | sven at relwi-sven:~$ ~/bin/conkeror/conkeror
> | [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520001
> | (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNRECOGNIZED_PATH) [nsILocalFile.initWithPath]"
> | nsresult: "0x80520001 (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNRECOGNIZED_PATH)"  location:
> | "JS frame :: chrome://conkeror-modules/content/rc.js :: load_rc ::
> | line 60"  data: no]
> `----

This message is actually just due to an rc file not being present, and
shouldn't cause any problem, nor should it be related to the problem.

> All I understand of this message is that a path was not found. The
> file rc.js is extant in the folder ~/bin/conkeror/modules. Could this
> message be connected to Conkerors refusal to go online?

> Thanks for help which is impatiently awaited since I miss my Conkeror so
> much

-- 
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard