On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:35:41PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > todd wrote: > >On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:05:25PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>Todd Slater wrote: > >> > >>>On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 07:18:50PM -0500, Christophe Rhein wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hello, > >>>> > >>>>I installed, with your help Firefox but now I have this problem: > >>>>When I click on a link I have the Firefox profile manager that opens (I > >>>>clicked on the Don't ask at startup) and since firefox is allready > >>>>open... I can not open the link (exept pasting it). > >>>>Where can I desactivate the profile manager? > >>>>Thank you > >>>>Christophe > >>> > >>> > >>>I put this script in /usr/bin and tell all my apps to use it for > >>>handling Web pages. It opens pages in a new tab, if you want you can use > >>>new-window instead. > >>> > >>>Todd > >>> > >>>#/bin/bash > >>>browserPath="/usr/local/firefox/firefox" > >>>url="$@" > >>>$browserPath -remote "ping()" > >>># $? = false if running, true if not > >>>if [ $? = 0 ] ; then > >>> exec $browserPath -remote openURL"($url,new-tab)" > >>>else > >>> $browserPath $url > >>>fi > >>>exit > >> > >>If my browser is open, the new-tab works fine, however the ping() fails > >>to execute if there is no browser open, and for some reason that leads > >>to the rest of the script not operating correctly - rather than the > >>'else' part running. > >> > >>Maybe it's something weird with my set up.. but I can't seem to work it > >>out - do you knwo your script works with the firefox release? Maybe the > >>ping() is broken in firefox? > >> > >>thanks for any help you can offer > > > > > >I remember there being a problem with it in another release, but I can't > >remember off-hand what it was. It's working fine here with firefox 0.8. > >BTW, the return code of the ping is 2 if there's no open instance. What > >do you get when you try the ping manually? ie > > > >/usr/local/firefox/firefox -remote "ping()" > > > >or whatever your path is > > > >and then try > > > >echo $? > > > >Todd > > > > If browser is running, I get: 0 > If browser is not running, I get: 0 > > Hmm.. but if I send the new-tab command when no broswer is open, I get a > $? of 1 > > I think therefore that I can use that instead. try for a new-tab, and if > I get a 1 from that, to just open the URL. > > But the new-tab request fails, running the script at command line gives > me a message of 'Failed to send command.' and the rest of the script to > open a new instance just does not run :/
I'm copying the list on this one in case others are having the same problem. Sorry, I'm at a loss. Did you install a MDK rpm or d/l it from mozilla? (I always d/l from mozilla.) You might try the firefox forums at mozillazine. I haven't visited in some time, but I recall that this topic comes up rather frequently. Todd
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