Open Bug 1390418 Opened 7 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Firefox on Linux can only display on one xorg DISPLAY for one user

Categories

(Core :: Widget: Gtk, defect, P5)

Product:
Core
Component:
Widget: Gtk
Version:
54 Branch
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
UNCONFIRMED

People

(Reporter: andy, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Fedora; Linux x86_64; rv:54.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/54.0
Build ID: 20170725113540

Steps to reproduce:

1) start firefox as my normal user on my main local Xorg desktop.  Everything is fine.

2) switch to another vncserver / Xorg session (:4), where I am logged in as same user

3) start firefox there


Actual results:

After a few seconds delay a dialog appears

"Close Firefox

Firefox is already running, but is not responding.  To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system."


Expected results:

A firefox window should have opened on the other Xorg desktop.

If I start instead `sudo firefox`, ie, as a different user, then it opens normally.

It has failed to do this for several years at least, presumably it has never been able to do it successfully.
Component: Untriaged → Widget: Gtk
Product: Firefox → Core
Severity: normal → S3
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