annoying mozilla issue

[aze]

Hi folks!

What is the command line to run multiple instances of mozilla?

Every time I try to open a new instance it asks for a new profile. Its annoying me a lot!

thanks for any help

[chin808]

why not click on a link to open another browser and jus change the addy?

[Pzatch]

Tabbed browsing rules.

[aze]

If I'm accessing some sites with mozilla then someone send me a link on icq/gain

I must another instance or i need to do the annoying task of copying the link and accessing later....

[Tyf]

I got the same problem and it anoyes me a lot.

windows version doesn't have that problem.

would love to find a fix for this.

 

Anyone out there with the solution,

you would make at least 2 guy's happy :)

[bvc]

doesn't icq/gaim like xchat have something like rt-click?............

Edited December 21, 2003 by bvc

[aze]

it won't work on gaim

this mozilla profile issue really sux!

I discovered that every time I start mozilla it creates a zero byte file called <B>lock</B> and then if that file exists it ask for a new profile. Then If I delete the file it won't ask for a new profile and starts a new instance normally.

So how do i create a batch file to delete that file and start mozilla?

 

thanks

[bvc]

[root@ml root]# which mozilla
/usr/bin/mozilla
[root@ml root]# file /usr/bin/mozilla
/usr/bin/mozilla: Bourne shell script text executable
[root@ml root]# vi /usr/bin/mozilla

function check_running() {
   $MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM 'ping()' 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
   RETURN_VAL=$?
   if [ "$RETURN_VAL" -eq "2" ]; then
     echo 0
     return 0
   else
     echo 1
     return 1
   fi
}

# check to see if there's an already running instance or not
ALREADY_RUNNING=`check_running`

 

bk it up and try and hack it. Others have for other purposes. In fact, now that I think of it I think someone has posted the hack for your prob (The Yin Yeti?, Steve Scrimpshire?) I'm not sure. I use galeon. You may also find that lock file being set in the shell script as well.

Edited December 21, 2003 by bvc

[Steve Scrimpshire]

In gaim, go to your preferences and then click on Browser. Then over to the right, select 'Manual'. In the textarea box, put

 

mozilla -remote "openURL (%s, new-window)"

 

Click Close.

 

That should do it. If you would rather it just open a new tab, change new-window to, guess what, new-tab.

 

More info here:

http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html

 

BTW, the hack was for gnome apps like Evolution and it wasn't written by me. Use gnome-control-center and click on advanced and then preferred apps and find the one for browser and set a manual launcher with above command. Some else did post a script to launch a new window of mozilla, but don't remember who or where to find it.

Edited December 22, 2003 by Steve Scrimpshire

[tons]

I use this script:

 

#!/bin/bash
MFDIR=/opt/MozillaFirebird
MFBIN=MozillaFirebird-bin
MOZSTAT=`ps -C $MFBIN|grep -v PID|wc -l`
if [ 0 -eq $MOZSTAT ]
then	
  $MFDIR/MozillaFirebird $*  &
else
  case $# in
0)
   $MFDIR/MozillaFirebird -remote xfeDoCommand\ \(openBrowser\) &
;;
1) 
   $MFDIR/MozillaFirebird -remote openurl\($*,new\-window\) 
;;
*)
   echo Usage: $0 "[url]"
;;
  esac
fi

 

I posted it on a MozillaFirebird forum a few days ago. Hope this helps?

[Tyf]

thx guy's for they answers

going to try them as soon as possible

 

need sleep now :)

[aze]

didn't worked for me :unsure:

BTW, whats the difference between mozilla and mozilla firebird?

[Steve Scrimpshire]

This didn't work for you?

 In gaim, go to your preferences and then click on Browser. Then over to the right, select 'Manual'. In the textarea box, put

mozilla -remote "openURL (%s, new-window)"

Click Close.

 

There is a space between mozilla and -remote. It works fine for me. Try typing that in a console. What errors do you get?

[aze]

worked!

BTW what program do you use to create your avatar?

[Steve Scrimpshire]

http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?sho...topic=8724&st=0 Edited December 26, 2003 by Steve Scrimpshire