Can't open Firefox on host PC and a client via VNC at the same time with the same user

Bug #509157 reported by Iain Learmonth
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

With Firefox open on display :0 on the main PC and a VNC server running on display :1 on the main PC, you cannot open Firefox when logged into display :1 on a client PC when logged on with the same username. This may also be the case with different usernames although I have not tried this.

The error message recieved is "Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process or restart your system."

This is also the case when trying to open Firefox on the main PC when it is open in the client.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 18 14:20:27 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: firefox-3.5 3.5.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686

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