Re: A weird thing about network connections in Icecat (and Firefox) on Guix

[Christopher Lemmer Webber]

Thanks for testing.  Maybe I should open up wireshark and do some
sniffing around.

Luis Felipe writes:

> Hey Chris,
>
> I can't reproduce the behavior you describe. I'm using
>
> guix 08d8c2d
> linux-libre 5.9.12-gnu
> IceCat 78.5.0esr (64-bit)
>
>
> I did the following twice:
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Monday, December 14, 2020 9:00 PM, Christopher Lemmer Webber 
> <cwebber@dustycloud.org> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Here's roughly the scenario:
>>
>> -   Have icecat/firefox open and browsing websites.
>> -   Oops, something happens to the network. Maybe the wifi router goes
>>     out briefly or something.
>
>
> I unplugged the UTP cable from my computer and made sure I had no access to 
> anything from IceCat.
>
>
>> -   You're back! You can ssh into servers again and connect to irc, and
>>     even ungoogled-chromium seems fine to browse websites.
>>
>
>
> I plugged the cable back in.
>
>
>> -   But weirdly... you have to restart icecat/firefox for things to work
>>     right again.
>
>
> I tried browsing the Web using IceCat again, and it worked normally.
>
>
>>     Anyone else experience the same? I tried describing this and it sounded
>>     like I was the only one having the issue a couple of years ago. Now
>>     that I'm not my only household member experiencing the same, I suspect
>>     we are probably not alone...?
>
>
> I'm not sure I've experienced the same, but I'm sure I usually had to restart 
> my desktop session whenever the Internet went out before. This hasn't been 
> the case in months, though.