dual/multi screen/monitor/display on linux/ubuntu

[Espen Grønvold]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

When running multiple monitors with individual x sessions, I cannot open Firefox on more than one monitor without using separate profiles. Firefox complains that it is already running.

There is a workaround involving multiple profiles, but it is a clunky way of doing it.

Assumed problem: Firefox is prevented from opening the same profile more than once, possibly because this can cause sync problems, or broken files.

OS: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Packages: firefox3 (3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3)

Behaviour:
Firefox starts ok on each screen when started only on one screen, but trying to start an instance on a different screen, results in a message saying that firefox is already running.

Expected behaviour:
I would expect Firefox to be able to start separately on all screens, regardless of whether it was running on another screen already.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 6 20:51:31 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[mkaeppler (manuelkaeppler)]

Same problem here, obviously. I would be interested in the workaround though, especially because I think we'll see major dual screen updates with 8.10 if they upgrade to the new XOrg (maybe I'm wrong on that though).
Other workaround is to use two browsers (Opera / Firefox) or so..

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Could you try to reproduce the same with Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04? Thanks in advance.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.