-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 03/25/2014 01:23 PM, Jason Plum wrote: > Verify there is no running instance of Chromium in any other session, as it > spawns children withing its original session. I have seen this happen with > X2go as well. > > Jason Plum > WarheadsSE > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 1:18 PM, arnaud gaboury <arnaud.gaboury@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Dear list, >> >> I decided to get rid of my mate DE and go i3. Before I am testing my >> settings on tty2 (Ctrl+Alt+F2) with a modify .xinitrc (exec i3). >> >> I have a weird behavior as regarding my web browser, could it be >> chromium or firefox. >> >> On my i3 config. I have this line: >> >> assign [instance="^chromium$"] → 1 >> >> Unfortunately, when I log in on tty2, there is no chromium being >> started. When I am back on tty1 (mate session), I find chromium being >> opened. >> Then, on tty2, if I start manually firefox, I can't as I am told >> "firefox is already running". Indeed it is but on tty1. >> >> It seems like web browsers are "attached" to my tty1. >> >> Is there any reason for this behavior? Shall I modify anything to >> start any web browser on tty2 ? >> >> Thank you for help. >> Salutations, According to the Arch Wiki : <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3#Launching_programs_on_specific_workspaces>; that seems to be the correct behavior. You are assigning chromium to be launched on tty1. Regards, Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlMxvC8ACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/aVowD+OmXwmCGJiOTCkR2RtOFubXQa cx6UhDMyVEPjtkcNUBIBAI9mCM+LiFpxu2K58eMogHtsUIwUi8rmdAso+SKYGjrg =iRGJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----