Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:25:13 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: B J <va6bmj@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems With Running Firefox Under Xfce Message-ID: <6e9da3b3-89b2-44f5-c2d4-6823a5ff238e@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <CAP7QzkMQXJLqxFBsvDGFDz8zfJPgH%2BnEPqycKOc2oNdfJKyFzw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAP7QzkPbc9jQWLLf8iGSUx1A76_fh1yNiS3biZebgGkrFAnVBg@mail.gmail.com> <09022b01-da91-f4cd-8f6b-14f2dc646837@dreamchaser.org> <CAP7QzkMQXJLqxFBsvDGFDz8zfJPgH%2BnEPqycKOc2oNdfJKyFzw@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 04/19/18 22:06, B J wrote: > <snip> > >> I used to have a similar sort of problem, not exactly the same. >> Rather than rebooting, have you tried re-initing or re-starting >> just the appropriate processes? As I recall, I usually got my >> situation resolved by re-establishing my firewall rules using "sh >> ipfw_rules" or something like that. I never did figure out why it >> was dropping out, but it happened under similar circumstances. > > <snip> > > Thanks for your comment. > > Part of the problem is that, for some reason, I can't toggle between > enabling and disabling the network interface, which I was able to do > before. > > I made a note of the IP address and the net mask and entered them by > hand. It seemed to work but in more recent versions of Xfce, it did > that automatically. Not sure I understand what xfce has to do with this. If the problem is the network not working, it isn't an xfce problem; you can enable and disable the network interface from any terminal window using ifconfig as root: ifconfig re0 down ifconfig ... ifconfig re0 up Gary
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?6e9da3b3-89b2-44f5-c2d4-6823a5ff238e>