On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:19:32 -0700, Craig White wrote: > 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 Thanks, problem solved. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
