Welcome back Gav ! Your informative emails have been missed !
Steve. On 22 Aug 2008, at 17:24, Gavin McCullagh wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Vu Nguyen schrieb: >>> I have problem with Firefox when I logon to Ubuntu LTSP (server) >>> and on the >>> think client with the same user name. >> What looks like a "logon at a client" is a logon at the server so you >> are logged on twice at the same system. > > Moreorless anyway. If you open firefox multiple times on the same > DISPLAY, > it'll be smart enough to simply open extra windows for you without > starting > another instance of firefox. If you try to run it on two different > displays (eg two thin clients or a thin client and the server > console), > this cannot be done, a second instance of firefox is needed. It is > not > safe for firefox to have multiple instances of itself reading a single > user's profile (eg, what happens if they both try to bookmark a file > at the > same moment, there would be a danger of corruption). For this reason, > firefox prevents multiple instances of firefox running on a single > profile. > > You can create a second firefox profile to achieve this. Run: > > firefox -ProfileManager > > However, the same issues can arise with other programs like gnome. > It's > generally better not to login the same account in two places at once. > > Gavin > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
