a good start would be to apply the improved warning of bug 278860 multiple profile handling to the case of -no-remote when profile is already in use. IOW, that patch in bug 278860 is incomplete
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/308605 Title: [MASTER]Firefox is already running message Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: When I close Firefox and start it again I get the following message: Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. I also have this problem with Firefox on Vista. I use Firefox 3.0.4. Ubuntu 8.10 (64 bit) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/308605/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

