Bug 29779 – Unable to open multiple instances of Mozilla Firebird (0.6.1)

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ben Hirsch 2003-09-27 19:38:22 UTC]

Whenever I try opening a second instance of Mozilla Firebird, I get a dialog
with this error message:

Error launching browser window: TypeError:
Component.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/component/browser/instance;1'] has no
properties

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open an instance of Mozilla Firebird (command: MozillaFirebird)
2. Run the command again
Actual Results:  
An error dialog appeared.

Expected Results:  
A new browser window.

The -remote switch also yields the same result. This is reproducable under both
the mozilla-firebird and mozilla-firebird-bin packages.

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2003-09-27 20:25:25 UTC]

are you running thunderbird ?

[Comment 2 Ben Hirsch 2003-09-27 21:59:12 UTC]

Yes. However, the problem existed before I had merged Thunderbird. I am also
unable to use -remote with Thunderbird to open a new message composition
window. If it makes any difference, I am using Gnome 2.2.2.

[Comment 3 Brad Laue (RETIRED) 2004-02-15 09:46:55 UTC]

These issues have been corrected in later releases of firebird/thunderbird