On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 20:09 -0400, oleksandr korneta wrote: > fresh install of fedora 9 x86_64. Firefox is the default browser. Every > attempt to open the link from any application outside the firefox > (homepage link in "About" window of any program, link from email message > in thunderbird, conversation window in pidgin) brings up the firefox > profile chooser window, asking "what profile do you want to use?". > Obviously, selecting the current profile does not work because "it is > currently in use" o_O > > "Copy-paste" the links into firefox's address bar works, but having to > do that every time is extremely annoying. > > yes, I've seen such things before, and most of us had to write our own > firefox-remote script to enjoy the flawless work, but it was like... in > 2004!!! I thought this thing has been solved for some time now. > > googling brings nothing -- apparently I'm the only one with this problem > under F9. > > Any suggestions? ---- Quit all open copies of firefox delete the file... ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles/$SOME_SALTED_HASH/.parentlock This is the file that makes it think your profile ^^^^^^ is in use. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
