Closed Bug 149901 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

Can't run browser on 2 screens (dual head) at once

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: oryn, Assigned: Matti)

References

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Details

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0rc3) Gecko/20020531
Debian/1.0rc3-2
BuildID:    1.0RC3

I cant run Mozilla on 2 screens at once, I get a box requesting me to select a
profile, when I click on my profile it says its in use, I have asked on the
#mozilla irc channel about this and was told it was due to file locking, (I have
confirmed that if I remove the lock file then I can run mozilla on my second
screen) I was told that this was a very bad thing to do >:) What I want to know
is why can I run an many instances of mozilla on one (the same) screen as I want
even if the lock file is there? surely all instances will need to read and write
to prefs, history and cache files. Why does running on a second head cause me a
problem?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.find a linux box with dual head display thats not running Xenarama
2.launch mozilla on one screen
3.try to launch mozilla on the second screen

Actual Results:  you get a box asking you to pick a profile (I choose my profile
it says its locked)

Expected Results:  I would have expected mozilla to just launch on the second
screen without prompting for profile selection
You can't run many instances on one screen. You open many windows from the same
process (one instance).
There is nothing spcial about the second screen.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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