Re: [SLE] fox and dinosaur

From: Wolfgang Rosenauer (wolfgang.rosenauer_at_suse.de)
Date: 12/02/04

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    On 2004-12-01 at 16:09:22 -0500, Trey Gruel wrote (shortened):

    > > When firefox is open (at least one window), clicking
    > > on mozilla icon opens another window of firefox
    > > (mozilla doesn't open itself)! Have others such
    > > problem?
    >
    > haven't run into it myself, but i think i know the cause. the startup
    > scripts for moz suite and firefox do a 'ping' (of sorts) to see if there
    > is already a copy running and open an new window instead of a new instance
    > if there is. this is to prevent profile corruption, i think.
    >
    > the problem is that all of the moz products (suite, firefox, and
    > thunderbird) respond even if the script is being called for a different
    > product. because of this, if you have one running and try to start
    > another, it'll open a new window of whatever is currently running.

    this is the case for older versions of mozilla/firefox/thunderbird.
    I can't remember with which versions it got fixed but for current
    versions this shouldn't happen.

       Wolfgang Rosenauer 

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