Public bug reported:
I have created a second launcher for firefox (for launching an alternate
profile) and pinned it to the unity bar. I also modified the original
slightly so that I can run both profiles at once. The two launchers run
the following commands:
firefox %u -P default -no-remote
firefox -P Bjorn -no-remote
up until a recent update (I think in the last week, but I'm not sure),
this worked great; each launcher worked independant of the other,
launching the intended instance if it wasn't already running, and
switching to it if it was. Now suddenly when I click the second one
(Bjorn profile), it launches the correct instance, but the small arrow
that's normally to the left of the launcher indicating an open
window/running instance is instead shown next to the first launcher (for
the default profile).
This is rather inconvenient as if the default profile instance isn't
already running, I can no longer use that launcher to launch it because
it simply activates/focuses the already open window from the second
profile. As a workaround I currently always launch the default profile
first, and then the other (so I now have two arrows to the left of the
default launcher - as illustrated in the attached screenshot), but it's
still inconvenient because it's now two clicks to switch; click on the
default launcher and then choose the window I want. Clicking on the
second launcher just informs me that "Firefox is already running, but is
not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing
Firefox process, or restart your system."
The expected behavior, I believe, is that a launched application should
always get associated with the launcher it was started from (as it used
to).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.12-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins:
[core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Sat Jul 7 21:29:14 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120425)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug firefox launcher precise profile unity
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firefox profile launched from second launcher combines with first
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