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firefox -ProfileManager does not open profile manager

Bug #177262 reported by Sebastian Kapfer on 2007-12-18

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #31746: Difficult to find out how to use multiple profiles at the same time. Edit Remove

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
Mozilla Firefox	Won't Fix	Unknown	mozilla-bugs #99828
firefox (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	Undecided	Unassigned
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox

firefox -ProfileManager does not open the profile manager when run in an X session where another firefox is running.

Reproduction:

1. Start firefox.

2. Invoke firefox -ProfileManager

Actual results:

Running firefox spawns new window.

Expected results:

New instance of firefox opening with profile manager.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote on 2008-01-08: [noreply@bugs.launchpad.net: Submit Request Failure]

affects ubuntu/firefox
status wontfix

affects ubuntu/firefox-3.0
status confirmed

- Alexander

Changed in firefox:
status:	New → Won't Fix

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Tim Chambers (tbc0) wrote on 2008-01-18:

I found this at <http://tips.webdesign10.com/firefox-browser/firefox-profile-manager-gutsy>:

There is a workaround that I found on Launchpad -- just use the following command instead:

firefox -a asdf

That will launch the profile manager in Ubuntu 7.10, Gutsy Gibbon. Hopefully they will fix the bug in the next release.

Is there more information regarding this workaround? For me, that didn't open the profile manager, either, but it did open a new window using my alternate profile manager. I'd like to understand what's going on.

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ChrisKelley (ckelley) wrote on 2008-02-01:

I normally use profiles (3 concurrantly) ... interestingly enough, if they already exist in your home directory, you can choose from them. Some misbehaviors: On my kubuntu computer, I leave /home alone and then reformat everything else for the upgrade/fresh install from Fiesty to Gutsy. I notice no problems and my 3 profiles work as they did before.

I do a fresh install of xubuntu onto another computer and copy .mozilla from the kubuntu computer and I only get the profile designated as default in ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini by Default=1 option. Nothing will allow me to open profile manager nor am I able to evoke the other profiles as I am on the other computer. I'll try messing with the values in profile.ini to see if I can get to my other profiles.

Chris

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote on 2008-02-22:

you can also run

MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 firefox -P

to get a new firefox instance with the profile manager.

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Sebastian Kapfer (caci) wrote on 2008-02-23:

Upstream: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99828

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2008-03-26

Changed in firefox:
status:	Unknown → Confirmed

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Graham King (graham-king) wrote on 2008-12-11:

Instead of setting MOZ_NO_REMOTE you can specify it on the command line:

firefox -ProfileManager -no-remote

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Sebastian Kapfer (caci) wrote on 2008-12-15:

Maybe -ProfileManager should imply -no-remote then. It doesn't _work_ otherwise.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2009-05-05

Changed in firefox:
status:	Confirmed → Invalid

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2009-05-06

Changed in firefox:
status:	Invalid → Won't Fix

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Sebastian Kapfer (caci) wrote on 2009-05-06:

May I ask exactly _why_ this does not constitute a bug in Firefox?

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote on 2009-05-19:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 31746, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.