Upstream bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473203 may be related
-- 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/1214846 Title: Restart button starts wrong profile when running multiple Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have two instances of Firefox running with different extensions, different default window size, different preferences, etc. I have found that when Firefox requires a restart (such as when the Ubuntu Firefox package receives an upgrade, or when I have installed an extension which requires it), the "Restart" button does not work correctly in the secondary instance. Instead, it will close the secondary instance, and start a new empty window in the primary instance. Steps to repro: 1. Run your regular Firefox 2. Start a second Firefox by running firefox -ufnord -profileManager & Create a new profile, populate it with some settings to distinguish it from your primary instance (window size? web developer tools? experimental extensions?) 3. Receive an uprade to Firefox, or install an extension which requires a reboot. For the latter case, I found that e.g. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/hide-tab-bar-with-one- tab/ does that. 4. When Firefox displays a Restart button at the top of your browser window, press it Expected outcome: The secondary instance closes, then restarts with the same settings (same profile) Actual outcome: A new empty window in the primary instance is spawned. Workaround: Run firefox -ufnord -profileManager & again and select the profile you want. (The -ufnord is a known bug; I'm too lazy to dig it up, but it's been there like forever.) xvbvntv$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Release: 12.04 xvbvntv$ apt-cache policy firefox firefox: Installed: 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 Candidate: 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 Version table: *** 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0 500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 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 11.0+build1-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1214846/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
