I’m not sure I want to recommend this, as it doesn’t seem to work particularly 
intuitively. when I specify a value of over 1, e.g. 1.3, it always seems to not 
work. When I specify 0.9, it seems to work, but it always makes the simulator 
fill the whole screen.

Chris Mills
 Senior tech writer || Mozilla
developer.mozilla.org || MDN
 [email protected] || @chrisdavidmills

> On 22 Oct 2015, at 13:09, Evelyn Hung <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> You can try giving a pixel ratio in your command, like: [email protected]
> 
> On a Mac with retina support, the best configuration is 1.3.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Chris Mills <[email protected]> wrote:
> I’ve just worked it out - I was starting the simulator at a screen size too 
> big for my monitor, and that was stopping the entire thing from working 
> properly.
> 
> My work monitor is 1920x1080; when I used the setting -screen 1600x900, so it 
> was definitely a bit small than the entire screen, it worked fine.
> 
> 
> Chris Mills
>  Senior tech writer || Mozilla
> developer.mozilla.org || MDN
>  [email protected] || @chrisdavidmills
> 
> > On 22 Oct 2015, at 12:46, Evelyn Hung <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Chris, and you still can't see any apps?
> >
> > I got the same "checkReloadKey" error (but no TypeError) and my build works 
> > correctly, so I guess it doesn't hurt.
> > I use latest Gaia master running on b2g desktop nightly build downloaded 
> > from here.
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Chris Mills <[email protected]> wrote:
> > hi there,
> >
> > Thanks for the insight. I’ve tried it, and I’m afraid it still doesn’t work.
> >
> > The error when I press the home button is a bit different now:
> >
> >  -*- Shell.js: Failed to get key: [Exception... "Component returned failure 
> > code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.getCharPref]"  
> > nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)"  location: "JS frame :: 
> > chrome://b2g/content/shell.js :: checkReloadKey :: line 35"  data: no]
> > ###################################### BrowserElementCopyPaste.js loaded
> > ############################### browserElementPanningAPZDisabled.js loaded
> > ############################### browserElementPanning.js loaded
> > ######################## BrowserElementChildPreload.js loaded
> > ######################## extensions.js loaded
> > JavaScript error: app://smart-system.gaiamobile.org/js/app_window.js, line 
> > 1316: TypeError: table is undefined
> >  -*- Shell.js: Failed to get key: [Exception... "Component returned failure 
> > code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.getCharPref]"  
> > nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)"  location: "JS frame :: 
> > chrome://b2g/content/shell.js :: checkReloadKey :: line 35"  data: no]
> >
> >
> > Chris Mills
> >  Senior tech writer || Mozilla
> > developer.mozilla.org || MDN
> >  [email protected] || @chrisdavidmills
> >
> > > On 22 Oct 2015, at 12:02, Shian-Yow Wu <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Chris,
> > >
> > > I once encountered similar issue.  My case was that gaia/profile 
> > > contained some old files, and it was fixed after doing "make clean" in 
> > > gaia, then make again.  Please try if it works for you.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Shian-Yow
> > >
> > >
> > > 2015-10-22 18:53 GMT+08:00 Chris Mills <[email protected]>:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I’m trying to get the FxOS TV simulator running, as detailed in
> > >
> > > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/TVs_connected_devices#Developing_TV_apps
> > >
> > > I’m sure I got this to run ok when we first documented it. I just tried 
> > > this again, and it mostly works for me, but not completely. The profile 
> > > builds correctly, although when I actually run
> > >
> > > > path/to/b2g-bin -screen 1920x1080 -start-debugger-server 6000 -profile 
> > > > /path/to/gaia/profile
> > >
> > > It opens up the desktop simulator with a desktop background shown, but no 
> > > apps, and when I press the home button, I get the following error in the 
> > > console:
> > >
> > > -*- Shell.js: Failed to get key: [Exception... "Component returned 
> > > failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) 
> > > [nsIPrefBranch.getCharPref]"  nsresult: "0x8000ffff 
> > > (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)"  location: "JS frame :: 
> > > chrome://b2g/content/shell.js :: checkReloadKey :: line 35"  data: no]
> > > JavaScript error: 
> > > app://smart-system.gaiamobile.org/js/homescreen_window.js, line 85: 
> > > TypeError: app is null
> > > -*- Shell.js: Failed to get key: [Exception... "Component returned 
> > > failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) 
> > > [nsIPrefBranch.getCharPref]"  nsresult: "0x8000ffff 
> > > (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)"  location: "JS frame :: 
> > > chrome://b2g/content/shell.js :: checkReloadKey :: line 35"  data: no]
> > >
> > > Any thoughts on this?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Chris Mills
> > >  Senior tech writer || Mozilla
> > > developer.mozilla.org || MDN
> > >  [email protected] || @chrisdavidmills
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