I think this bug mostly relates to the mozilla-launcher script. I have xfce-base/xfce-4.2.0 emerged and also have the firefox, mozilla, epiphany and konqueror browsers emerged. I do not have the BROWSER environment variable set. When I close all firefox windows and run xfhelp4 (or click the help icon on the xfce desktop), the Xfce manual pages are not displayed. If I run firefox first, the Xfce manual pages are displayed in a new window, but firefox's profile manager is also opened. When I close all mozilla windows and run BROWSER=mozilla xfhelp4, the Xfce manual pages are not displayed. If I run mozilla first, the manual pages are displayed in a new window okay (the profile manager is not opened). There seem to be two problems with the mozilla-launcher script: (i) it doesn't know what to do with the '-a firefox' options that xfhelp4 uses as part of its attempt to open a new firefox window; (ii) it terminates with error code 0 instead of the error code from the browser. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Close firefox windows 2.BROWSER=firefox xfhelp4 (alternatively, use mozilla instead of firefox in the above). Alternatively, if you do not have Xfce installed, try this: 1.Close all firefox windows 2.firefox -a firefox -remote 'openurl(http://www.gentoo.org/,new-window)' Actual Results: Result of BROWSER=firefox bash -x xfhelp4 : + '[' xfirefox = x ']' + '[' xfirefox = x ']' + HELP_DIR=/usr/share/xfce4/doc/ + '[' '!' x = x ']' + HELP_FILE=index.html + '[' -n '' ']' + '[' -n '' ']' + LC=C + '[' -r /usr/share/xfce4/doc//C/index.html ']' + URL=/usr/share/xfce4/doc//C/index.html + case $BROWSER in + firefox -a firefox -remote 'openurl(file:///usr/share/xfce4/doc//C/index.html,new-window)' No running windows found Error: No running window found + '[' 0 -ne 0 ']' + exit 0 Result of running bash -x firefox -a firefox -remote 'openurl(http://www.gentoo.org/,new-window)' (note how the '-a firefox' options get moved about by the script): + newtype=window + PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.4.3:/opt/Acrobat5:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.01/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.01/jre/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/kde/3.3/bin + main -a firefox -remote 'openurl(http://www.gentoo.org/,new-window)' + local args mozargs urls u i + local candidates retval=0 remote_supports_dash_a progname + local zero=firefox + which_browser + case $zero in + export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/MozillaFirefox + MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/MozillaFirefox + remote=/usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/mozilla-xremote-client + mozbin=/usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/firefox-bin + grepfor=Firefox-bin + [[ -n /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/firefox-bin ]] + [[ ! -f /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/firefox-bin ]] + case $zero in + [[ -z /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/firefox-bin ]] + [[ ! -f /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/firefox-bin ]] + progname=firefox + [[ firefox == thunderbird ]] + export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/MozillaFirefox:/usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/plugins + LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/MozillaFirefox:/usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/plugins + return 0 + parse_cmdline -a firefox -remote 'openurl(http://www.gentoo.org/,new-window)' + args=() + mozargs=() + urls=() + [[ 4 -ne 0 ]] + [[ -a == -* ]] + case "${1#-}" in + args=("${args[@]}" "$1") + shift 1 + [[ 3 -ne 0 ]] + [[ firefox == -* ]] + [[ firefox == *://*/* ]] + [[ firefox == *://* ]] + [[ firefox != *://* ]] + [[ firefox != /* ]] + [[ -e firefox ]] + [[ firefox != *:* ]] + [[ firefox == *@* ]] + urls=("${urls[@]}" "$1") + shift + [[ 2 -ne 0 ]] + [[ -remote == -* ]] + case "${1#-}" in + mozargs=("${mozargs[@]}" "$1" "$2") + shift 2 + [[ 0 -ne 0 ]] + return 0 + [[ 4 -eq 0 ]] + find_running + local screens s + screens=("$DISPLAY" $(xdpyinfo | awk ' /^name of display:/ { disp = substr($NF, 0, match($NF, /\.[^.]*$/)-1) } /^number of screens:/ { for (i = 0; i < $NF; i++) { this = sprintf("%s.%d", disp, i) if (this != ENVIRON["DISPLAY"]) print this } }')) ++ xdpyinfo ++ awk ' /^name of display:/ { disp = substr($NF, 0, match($NF, /\.[^.]*$/)-1) } /^number of screens:/ { for (i = 0; i < $NF; i++) { this = sprintf("%s.%d", disp, i) if (this != ENVIRON["DISPLAY"]) print this } }' + [[ :0.0 != :* ]] + killall -0 firefox-bin + candidates=() + set -- -remote 'openurl(http://www.gentoo.org/,new-window)' + [[ 2 -gt 0 ]] + case $1 in + try_running 'openurl(http://www.gentoo.org/,new-window)' + local s retval=2 + [[ -z '' ]] + /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/mozilla-xremote-client + grep -Fq '[-a ' + remote_supports_dash_a=true + [[ 0 > 0 ]] + case $retval in + echo 'No running windows found' No running windows found + return 2 + [[ 2 -eq 0 ]] + args=("$@" "${args[@]}") + break + [[ 3 -gt 0 ]] + try_start -remote 'openurl(http://www.gentoo.org/,new-window)' -a firefox + local f ++ find /home/abbotti/.firefox /home/abbotti/.mozilla/firefox '!' -uid 501 ++ head -n10 + f= + [[ -n '' ]] + for f in '~/{.,.mozilla/}${zero%-bin}/*/{compreg.dat,chrome.rdf,XUL.mfasl}' + [[ -f /home/abbotti/.firefox/*/compreg.dat ]] + for f in '~/{.,.mozilla/}${zero%-bin}/*/{compreg.dat,chrome.rdf,XUL.mfasl}' + [[ -f /home/abbotti/.firefox/*/chrome.rdf ]] + for f in '~/{.,.mozilla/}${zero%-bin}/*/{compreg.dat,chrome.rdf,XUL.mfasl}' + [[ -f /home/abbotti/.firefox/*/XUL.mfasl ]] + for f in '~/{.,.mozilla/}${zero%-bin}/*/{compreg.dat,chrome.rdf,XUL.mfasl}' + [[ -f /home/abbotti/.mozilla/firefox/7zaio0ia.default/compreg.dat ]] + [[ /home/abbotti/.mozilla/firefox/7zaio0ia.default/compreg.dat -ot /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/firefox-bin ]] + for f in '~/{.,.mozilla/}${zero%-bin}/*/{compreg.dat,chrome.rdf,XUL.mfasl}' + [[ -f /home/abbotti/.mozilla/firefox/*/chrome.rdf ]] + for f in '~/{.,.mozilla/}${zero%-bin}/*/{compreg.dat,chrome.rdf,XUL.mfasl}' + [[ -f /home/abbotti/.mozilla/firefox/7zaio0ia.default/XUL.mfasl ]] + [[ /home/abbotti/.mozilla/firefox/7zaio0ia.default/XUL.mfasl -ot /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/firefox-bin ]] + set -- firefox + shift + urls=("$@") + candidates=:0.0 + args=() + [[ 0 -gt 0 ]] + wait + /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/firefox-bin -remote 'openurl(http://www.gentoo.org/,new-window)' -a firefox Error: No running window found + exit 0 equery -C b /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher [ Searching for file(s) /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher in *... ] net-www/mozilla-launcher-1.23 (/usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher) emerge info Gentoo Base System version 1.6.9 Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.4.28-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.28-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Duron(tm) processor Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 3 2005, 16:07:36)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.8.5-r3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.6.3, 1.4_p6, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.22 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/work/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups doc encode esd f77 fam font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell ssl svg svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode xml2 xmms xv zlib video_cards_radeon linguas_en_GB" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
*** Bug 84091 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Should this bug be reassigned to the Mozilla team? As I mentioned in my original report, I think it's a problem with the mozilla-launcher script.
yes, you should do that
My question was really directed at the XFCE team!
This should be fixed in version 1.26, released just now in ~arch. Mind testing?
works for me :-)
Thanks Toralf. Sorry to everybody who had to put up with this for so long. :-(
help stuff open up here with firefox, but the profile manager pops up too, so I don't know if this is fixed :((
