Welcome to the TechSpot OpenBoards. Please read the FAQ if you have any questions. Login to participate.
|
|||||||
Lose Internet connection
![]() |
| Thread Tools |
|
#1
|
||||
|
||||
|
Lose Internet connection
Recently I've notice that while either writing an email(Thunderbird) or on the Internet(Firefox), the screens dims down and loses the color and sits there for about 30 seconds and then switches back to my desktop and I lose my email, if writing something, or closes the webpage I was previously on. I am still with Ubuntu 7.10. A window then appears telling me that it is Not Responding. Why is this happening now and what could be the causes of dropping the connection? Anyone?
|
|
#2
|
||||
|
||||
|
Dimming means "busy".
I'm not sure if I can answer your question, but maybe provide some insight.
When Ubu launches a background process, like installing new software or performing an update, the screen fades out during the install to prevent you from doing anything at that critical time. So that's what's going on there. If the system is "greaying out" while doing online stuff, I suspect Ubu is trying to install some app/resource, failing, and crashing your program. I don't use Thunderbird myself, though I don't know what Firefox needs that Thunderbird might share. I'm in Windows at the moment, so reply to this message and I'll jump into Linux to see if I can be of more help. (BTW: I'm using the 64bit Ubuntu 8.04, so my results my vary.) ![]() |
|
|
![]() |
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Lose internet after several hours on XBL | Prometheus25 | Storage & Networking | 21 | 05-25-2008 11:07 AM |
| Lose internet after a few hours with wireless router | tmcbeth80 | Storage & Networking | 2 | 08-31-2005 09:58 AM |
| Configuring PPPoe Connection for Internet connection in Fedora Core 3 | rushabh | The Alternative OS | 2 | 03-21-2005 12:09 PM |
| Once uninstall norton antivirus 2005 i lose internet | james_k1988 | Security and the Web | 2 | 01-20-2005 05:51 PM |
| Install sound card and lose internet?? | scoobz | Audio and Video | 7 | 05-17-2003 11:32 AM |
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:08 AM.






