REGRESSION: firefox 3.0 does not honor -P flag to start a session using a specific profile

[Manfred Georg]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I use the -P flag to start firefox with different profiles depending on what I am using it for (it separates cookies, history, and preferences).
This flag does not work in Hardy with firefox 3.0 anymore.

examples of use:

firefox -P default %u

firefox -P "profile2" -no-remote %u

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

Manfred

[mmomjian (matthew-momjian)]

Can you run this from a console and post any output?

[Manfred Georg (tharkban)]

There is no output.
It opens the correct page but in the wrong profile (it uses the
currently running firefox instance instead of opening a new one with
the specified profile)

for example

firefox
* runs firefox *
firefox -P profile2 http://www.cnn.com
* opens a new window with http://www.cnn.com in it but using the
default profile *

if I close all the firefox windows (and wait a couple seconds for it
actually to shut down firefox) and then give the command
firefox -P profile2
* opens firefox using profile2 *
firefox -P default
* opens a window using profile2 *

Hope this explains what I'm seeing,

Manfred

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 5:08 PM, -Zeus- <email address hidden> wrote:
> Can you run this from a console and post any output?
>
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> REGRESSION: firefox 3.0 does not honor -P flag to start a session using a specific profile
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250960
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> of the bug.
>

[Manfred Georg (tharkban)]

I figured out the problem. The flag --no-remote needs to be added to the command line.
For example:

firefox --no-remote -P profile3 http://www.google.com

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this not being an issue with firefox. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.