@Miguel: I would suggest starting firefox from a terminal with: firefox > /dev/null &
I guess ALT+F2 with firefox > /dev/null should work, too. -- (firefox:24993): Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead - overeager XID caching https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401823 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs