Closed Bug 254999 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

starting mozilla on remote machine brings up local browser

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 254994

People

(Reporter: primorec, Assigned: bugzilla)

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Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040207 Firefox/0.8 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040207 Firefox/0.8 If I run on my local machine firefox, telnet to another linux box on the LAN and start there mozilla I do not get on my local machine remote mozilla session. I get another copy of the local firefox session. Yes, I know... it sounds very confusing. I do not know how to describe it better. Please follow "Steps to Reproduce" and the picure will become CLEAR. I am not sure if this is related to firefox-->mozilla only or to all combinations of browsers which are based on "mozilla". The main reason I am reporting this bug is very simple. I have noticed this strange behavior few times at my work. I have not had time to investigate it. But now, I can reproduce this bug any time I want. I've build a small home LAN today (RH6.2, RH 9.0, RH 8.0). This is a controlled enviroment. There is a work around for this bug. If I want to have two separate browser sessions, one on local machine and the other on remote machine, I have to start browser first on remote machine and then on local machine. Of course, I want to have BOTH browser sessions on the same physical screen (aka my local machine). In case it matters. I have on both machines the same ID (login name). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. open xterm 2. type "xhost +" ( withot quotes ) 3. start firefox 4. telnet to the remote machine 5. set DISPLAY variable ( example: export DISPLAY=192.168.3.12:0.0 ) Assuming that your local IP address is 192.168.3.12. 6. start mozilla on remote machine Actual Results: On the local machine another firefox window will open. This browser DOES NOT run on the remote machine. How do I know that ? Very simple answer: click on Help-->About Mozilla Firefox and write down version Expected Results: I should get on my local display a mozilla session which runs on remote machine As I said already, there is a simple work around. If I start browser on the remote machine first and THEN I start local browser, EVERYTHING IS FINE.
Duplicate of your Bug 254994. Please resolve it as DUPLICATE.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 254994 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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