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Title:
Option -ProfileManager does not work without (bogus) -u
Status in Mozilla Firefox:
Unknown
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Opinion
Bug description:
You need a secret extra option if you want to run the Firefox profile
manager.
Steps to repro:
bash$ firefox -ProfileManager &
Expected outcome:
New Firefox instance displaying the Profile Manager dialog box
Actual outcome:
New Firefox browser window in your current default profile, existing
Firefox instance if one was running
Workaround:
bash$ firefox -u bugger -ProfileManager &
The -u option is not visible e.g. in firefox --help output, but
somehow it actually exists, and allows you to work around this problem
(can't remember where I discovered it, Google no doubt?).
The -u option requires an argument (apparently, a profile name) but
you can put anything there, it doesn't seem to matter.
I'm sorry if this is a duplicate, this problem has existed since
basically forever but I was unable to find a report in Launchpad.
Historical proof:
* From 2009: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1323430
* From 2011: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2359133
* SuSE 2009:
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/network-internet/403948-firefox-profilemanager-doesnt-work.html
* Win 2011: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/807487
* Alternative workaround, haven't tried:
http://www.usmessageboard.com/computers/85692-firefox-profile-manager-in-ubuntu.html
(hopelessly meandering thread, don't open)
Possibly relevant upstream bugs:
* https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317903
* https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297470 (duplicate of less
focused 264181)
* https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264181
* https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297618 (duplicate of unobvious
bug)
If the intention is that -ProfileManager is not available, it should
not be displayed in --help (but that would be a pity). If it is
supported, it should work (duh).
bash$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release: 12.04
bash$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Candidate: 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Version table:
*** 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64
Packages
500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64
Packages
11.0+build1-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
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