-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Sack wrote: | On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 05:48:53PM -0000, Marco Fabbri wrote: |> The bug currently (on 8.04) afflicts firefox (i.e. firefox 3 beta) and |> firefox-2 (i.e. firefox 2.0.0.14). |> |> Step to reproduce the bug: |> 1. close every firefox instance |> 2. open firefox using a specific a profile, Run Command "firefox -P" select a profile |> 3. open firefox using a different a profile, Run Command "firefox -P" |> |> Expected Behaviour: |> At this point you should be presented with the same dialog at point 2, instead a new firefox window gets opened running on the same profile selected at 2 (i.e. a different window of the same firefox process started at 2). |> |> Variations: |> The same is true for every combination of the commands firefox firefox-2 run at points 2 and 3; i.e. if you run "firefox -P" and then "firefox-2 -P" you end up with two windows of firefox 3 running the profile selected after entering the command "firefox -P". |> |> Workarounds: |> Adding the "-no-remote" option to every firefox startup command ran after point 2; i.e. "firefox -P -no-remote". |> The "-a" option it is no more working. |> | | Thanks for the report. please add this to the bug summary. | | Point about this is that multiple profile support is not actually | supported upstream. I remember that they wont-fixed a bug about this; | so i assume they only maintain it as a legacy feature and wont put any | work in this on their own. If anyone can come up with a patch, they | will most likely happily review and apply it. | | affects ubuntu/firefox | status triaged | importance low | | affects ubuntu/firefox-3.0 | status triaged | importance low | | If someone finds the bug upstream, we should add the bug id for | reference. opening an empty upstream task for now | | affects firefox | status incomplete | | tag mt-upstream | | | - Alexander | | | ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) | Importance: Medium => Low | Status: Confirmed => Triaged | | ** Also affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) | Importance: Low | Status: Triaged | | ** Changed in: firefox | Status: New => Incomplete | I thought i reporte dthis bug upstream the other day.
- -- Sincerely Yours, ~ John Vivirito https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnVivirito Linux User# 414246 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFILMUsqig4QTwcPCoRAgULAJ0fLanshXuIrUKqgBwj7nN/jM4hSQCeN01z M/CK/qqxfXSTgLJjgSDAPAo= =IjPS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Impossible to use multiple profiles at the same time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/31746 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
