On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 03:53:11PM -0600, ??Q?? wrote > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:35:46 -0500 > "Walter Dnes" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:08:12AM +0100, Florian Philipp wrote > > > > > Add --no-remote to firefox's parameters. > ^^ > -no-remote > ^
I did notice that, and tried it both ways. No difference. > Do you get the same error if you try > > $ /usr/bin/firefox -P default -new-window "http://www.gentoo.org"; > > without using urlview? Yes and No! I've solved the problem, but this is weird; really really weird. Let me explain. I use ICEWM window manager. For the firefox launchbar command I have always used... /usr/bin/firefox -width 950 -height 1050 -P default -no-remote and manually opened new windows with {CTRL-N}. Urlview was always able to lauch a new window. But now if one firefox window is opened with "-no-remote", I can *NOT* programatically open any more new Firefox windows. That includes urlview and your commandline example *EVEN IF I USE "-new-window" TO OPEN ADDITIONAL WINDOWS*. Only the manual {CTRL-N} command works. After some trial and error, I changed ICEWM's launchbar command to /usr/bin/firefox -width 950 -height 1050 -P default -new-window Now I can open new windows all over the place with Urlview and your commandline example. Problem solved. ***ALWAYS USE "new-window"***. Computers never cease to amaze me. Can you pop open 2 xterms and try the following? The first pair should work... in xterm 1 ==> /usr/bin/firefox -new-window "http://www.gentoo.org"; in xterm 2 ==> /usr/bin/firefox -new-window "http://www.cnn.com"; Now close both Firefox windows and try... in xterm 1 ==> /usr/bin/firefox -no-remote "http://www.gentoo.org"; in xterm 2 ==> /usr/bin/firefox -new-window "http://www.cnn.com"; The first firefox opens, but the second one fails. -- Walter Dnes <[email protected]>
