I just installed Linux Mint. I have found Firefox to be very problematic in connecting.

When I click on Firefox, it pops up a blank screen which says "connecting", but just sits there and does nothing. It will not work unless I first manually go to the wireless Icon in the tray and click on my network, which will then pop up a box that will say "connection established".

It would appear that this is an unnecessary extra step and that the network / Internet connection, when it is established, times out very quickly. If I click on Firefox again; even in less than 5 minutes, I have to do it all over again.

I would like to know:

a} how the extra step can be avoided by having the Internet connection initiate automatically when I start Firefox, instead of having to manually turn it on.

b} if there is a way to control the length of the timing out period of the live Internet connection, once established, so it's not constantly turning off.

Thanks, Gary

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baywalk,
firefox is not responsible for creating an internet connection.

the first part of your problem can be remedied by getting into your network managers settings and check a box somewhere that says "automatically connect"

however, you say you are experiencing connection loss. that's more tricky. much more tricky.
we need to know about the hardware and software used.
please start by opening a terminal, maximizing it, and enter the following command:

then copy the entire terminal window content, and paste it here, between code tags.

You can also type

in terminal to launch a firefox session. Then read over what mistakes are occuring.