188537 - Conn: No auto-dial when launching browser

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Networking, defect)

Description

[sam franc]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212

When starting Mozilla the dialup connection does not appear. I have to go to the
desktop and click the Icon for it. Then when connected no downloads will start
in the mail program until I click on Get Msg several times. Then it has to
compact the folders first. Then I have to click again to start the messages
downloading.
   It used to be that the connectoid would popup right after Moztilla started
and the messages would start downloading automatically.
Several days ago, after the computer was disconnected from the ISP, the
connectoid never came back again.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Turn computer on
2.Click Mozilla Icon
3.Mozilla starts 

Actual Results:  
No connectoid appears

Expected Results:  
the connectoid used to appear and I could connect to the ISP and download my
messages.

Comment 1

[Chris Lyon]

*** Bug 189696 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[parish]

bug 189696 is *not* a dupe this. This bug is about auto-dialling not working
and, AFAICT, appears to be a problem specific to the reporter that would
probably be resolved by creating a new profile.

bug 189696 an RFE and refers to the online/offline status, as in File->Work
Offline, of the browser.

Comment 3

[Chris Lyon]

sorry, wrong dupe

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 130774 ***

Comment 4

[benc]

please move dupes OUT of browser-general, and into the correct component, based
on problem description.

This is not a dupe of that bug either.

This is actually a a regression, and probably specific to just that system.

This is WFM on Win98, so my best suggestion is to try a new profile.

Comment 5

[benc]

Sam: any update? I have two Win98 systems where this works fine.

I think you may have lost some auto-dialing prefs. Do other network apps (like
AIM) also auto dial while mozilla does not?

Comment 6

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

->default contacts

Comment 7

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Reporter: Is this still a problem with a current Mozilla build? Also notice
under the URL about:config (just type it into the url-bar) the preference
network.autodial-helper.enabled must be set to true to get this working.

Comment 8

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 9

[Darin Fisher]

Marking WORKSFORME.  I've had no trouble using auto-dial w/ Firefox on WinME,
and it sounds like other people have it working on Win98 as well.  Please reopen
if Mozilla or Firefox is the only application where this problem occurs on your
system.