101508 - mozilla -remote doesn't work with 0.9.4 branch

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: X-remote, defect)

Description

[Martin Macok]

I'm using current (syncing everyday) 0.9.4 branch (I hope it's going to be a new
N6).

0.9.4+ (2001092512), Red Hat Rawhide Linux (current), kernel 2.4.9-ac15, KDE2.2.1.

When I try:
$ cd /opt/mozilla.cvs/mozilla/dist/bin
$ ./mozilla &
(startup output.. running...and then:)
$ ./mozilla-bin -remote "openURL(http://underground.cz/,new-window)" 
No running window found.
$

This WFM with at least 3 days older 0.9.4 pull from CVS.

Comment 1

[David Hallowell]

Also worth testing the recent trunk builds to see if you can reproduce it there...

Comment 2

[Martin Macok]

WFM with yesterday's trunk snapshot.

Comment 3

[timeless]

why aren't you using ./mozilla -xremote ... ?

Comment 4

[Martin Macok]

Because neither ./mozilla -help (branch094) nor
http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html does mention -xremote switch. (and all
of my and other scripts (for example Klipper from KDE 2.2.1) use -remote)

I have tried -xremote "openURL(http://underground.cz/,new-window)" and this does
open new-window but with "about:blank" (doesn't go to specified URL).

Comment 5

[timeless]

erm sorry -remote, my point was to use ./mozila instead of ./mozilla-bin

Comment 6

[Martin Macok]

I tried both ./mozilla and ./mozilla-bin with same result.Summary:Trunk - everything ok. 0.9.4 milestone - everythinkg ok.Current 0.9.4 BRANCH -a) -remote ... tell's me there no running window of Mozillab) -xremote ... does start new window but doesn't go to specified URL just                about:blank (probably because that's my preferences to new                      window settings)

Comment 7

[Martin Macok]

(Excuse my last comment formatting - you can blame Konqueror. This time with
mozilla:)

I tried both ./mozilla and ./mozilla-bin with same result.

Summary:
Trunk - everything ok. 
0.9.4 milestone - everythinkg ok.
Current 0.9.4 BRANCH -
 a) -remote ... tell's me there no running window of Mozilla
 b) -xremote ... does start new window but doesn't go to specified URL just
                about:blank (probably because that's my preferences to new     
          
                window setting)

Comment 8

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

-xremote shouldn't work at all.  That's not a valid command line switch.  And,
for what it's worth, with my new x remote code in the 0.9.4 branch ( after the
original 0.9.4 mozilla release ) -remote is working just fine.

Comment 9

[Martin Macok]

This solved it: 

make clean
gmake -f client.mk

I should do "make clean" more often ... sorry.