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** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Invalid
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Title:
Restart button starts wrong profile when running multiple
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
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
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