Public bug reported:
You need a secret extra option if you want to run the Firefox profile
manager.
Steps to repro:
bash$ firefox -ProfileManager &
Expected outcome:
Profile manager dialog box
Actual outcome:
New Firefox browser window in your current default profile
Workaround:
bash$ firefox -u bugger -ProfileManager &
The -u option is not visible e.g. in firefox --help output, but somehow
it actually exists, and allows you to work around this problem (can't
remember where I discovered it, Google no doubt?).
I'm sorry if this is a duplicate, this problem has existed since
basically forever but I was unable to find a report in Launchpad.
bash$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release: 12.04
bash$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Candidate: 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Version table:
*** 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64
Packages
500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64
Packages
11.0+build1-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1226952
Title:
Option -ProfileManager does not work without (bogus) -u
Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
You need a secret extra option if you want to run the Firefox profile
manager.
Steps to repro:
bash$ firefox -ProfileManager &
Expected outcome:
Profile manager dialog box
Actual outcome:
New Firefox browser window in your current default profile
Workaround:
bash$ firefox -u bugger -ProfileManager &
The -u option is not visible e.g. in firefox --help output, but
somehow it actually exists, and allows you to work around this problem
(can't remember where I discovered it, Google no doubt?).
I'm sorry if this is a duplicate, this problem has existed since
basically forever but I was unable to find a report in Launchpad.
bash$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release: 12.04
bash$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Candidate: 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Version table:
*** 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64
Packages
500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64
Packages
11.0+build1-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
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