Update and lost of Internet access

09-23-2009	#1 (permalink)
tuxconvert Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 11	Update and lost of Internet access Guys I have just completed running MCC update and now I can not run Firefox or Epiphany. A would greatly appreciate any assistance in correcting this problem!:confused:

09-24-2009	#2 (permalink)
MikeTbob Trusted Penguin Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Panther City, Tx Posts: 4,110	Open a terminal or konsole window and launch Firefox or Epiphany from the command line, you should see an error message in the terminal or konsole window, Please post that error message here, maybe someone can help you find out what's wrong. Code: firefox Code: epiphany __________________ I do not respond to private messages asking for help. Please keep it on the forums only.

09-25-2009

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tuxconvert

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When firefox is entered at the prompt -- it times out after some period of time.

When epiphany is entered, I receive the following:

Code:

(epiphany:10318): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session 

manager:
None of the authentication protocols specified are supported.

** (epiphany:10318): WARNING **: Unable to connect to session bus: Did 

not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did 

not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the 

reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

09-26-2009	#4 (permalink)
MikeTbob Trusted Penguin Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Panther City, Tx Posts: 4,110	Strange, I think it may be dbus. Try this as root or sudo, whichever is needed. Code: /etc/init.d/dbus restart Post Any errors you get. __________________ I do not respond to private messages asking for help. Please keep it on the forums only.

09-27-2009	#5 (permalink)
ongte Just Joined! Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 22	Did you upgrade to FF 3.5 through the backports or other 3rd party repo? This is a broken dependency problem usually. Try running again # urpmi --auto-update

09-27-2009

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tuxconvert

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Guys, I appreciate your assistance! Firefox and Epiphany still do not wont to cooperate with me. BTW, I was not upgrading to FF3.5. Error messages are as follows:

HTML Code:

[root@localhost /]# /etc/init.d/dbus restart
-bash: /etc/init.d/dbus: No such file or directory

[root@localhost /]# ps -ef | grep dbus
13        1363     1  0 10:54 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon --system
nmorris   1773     1  0 10:54 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session --sh-syntax
nmorris   1774     1  0 10:54 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 6 --print-address 9 --session
root     20600  4742  0 11:23 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color dbus

09-27-2009	#7 (permalink)
reed9 Linux Guru Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 2,199	Try this Code: dbus-launch epiphany __________________ The Arch Way How to Ask Questions the Smart Way Registered Linux User #482863

09-27-2009	#8 (permalink)
MikeTbob Trusted Penguin Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Panther City, Tx Posts: 4,110	Does Mandriva not use /etc/init.d/ ? Is there anything in that directory? Code: ls /etc/init.d/ __________________ I do not respond to private messages asking for help. Please keep it on the forums only.

09-28-2009	#9 (permalink)
tuxconvert Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 11	Guys Thanks for all your suggestions, especially reed9. After performing: Code: dbus-launch epiphany and dbus-launch firefox I am once again able to access the Internet. Once again, thanks to you all -- I was almost about to reinstall from scratch!

09-28-2009	#10 (permalink)
reed9 Linux Guru Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 2,199	That does speak to a deeper problem, since that workaround isn't normally needed. What desktop environment are you using? GNOME, KDE, other? __________________ The Arch Way How to Ask Questions the Smart Way Registered Linux User #482863

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