Cannot Start Firefox

[PerfectReign]

I was just playing with the PHP module in netbeans. I figure - if I can do PHP
in netbeans, I might upgrade from Kate as my primary IDE. :P

However, if I have firefox running already, then I get the message, "cannot
start /usr/bin/firefox" when launching the applicaiton.  If Firefox is not
running then it launches just fine.

I googled and see others with this issue. Any ideas?

I'm running opensuse 10.3 32-bit.


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kai
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[Karthikeyan Rajeswaran]

In 'Tools | Options | General | 'Firefox' selected in 'Web Browser'
combobox | 'Edit' button' , what are the arguments set for firefox? Is
it '-remote "openURL({URL})"' ?

Also:
   
http://www.nabble.com/Cannot-execute--usr-bin-firefox--NB-6.0-M10--td11481241.html#a11483483
    ...I have "-new-window {URL}" as the argument....

regards,
karthik


Kai Ponte wrote:

> I was just playing with the PHP module in netbeans. I figure - if I can do PHP
> in netbeans, I might upgrade from Kate as my primary IDE. :P
>
> However, if I have firefox running already, then I get the message, "cannot
> start /usr/bin/firefox" when launching the applicaiton.  If Firefox is not
> running then it launches just fine.
>
> I googled and see others with this issue. Any ideas?
>
> I'm running opensuse 10.3 32-bit.
>
>
>  

[PerfectReign]

On Monday 10 March 2008 04:24:51 pm Karthik wrote:
> In 'Tools | Options | General | 'Firefox' selected in 'Web Browser'
> combobox | 'Edit' button' , what are the arguments set for firefox? Is
> it '-remote "openURL({URL})"' ?

Yes, it is.

-remote "openURL({URL})"


As I mentioned, if Firefox is not already open, the command works fine.

If it is already open (which is usually the case), it fails.
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kai
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[Peter B. West]

Kai Ponte wrote:

> On Monday 10 March 2008 04:24:51 pm Karthik wrote:
>> In 'Tools | Options | General | 'Firefox' selected in 'Web Browser'
>> combobox | 'Edit' button' , what are the arguments set for firefox? Is
>> it '-remote "openURL({URL})"' ?
>
> Yes, it is.
>
> -remote "openURL({URL})"
>
>
> As I mentioned, if Firefox is not already open, the command works fine.
>
> If it is already open (which is usually the case), it fails.

Have you changed it to
-new-tab {URL}
 or
-new-window {URL}
?

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[PerfectReign]

On Tuesday 11 March 2008 04:50:19 am Peter B. West wrote:
> -new-tab {URL}

I tried this, and it appears to work for the most part.

Every once in awhile, after I've already closed firefox, I'll get the message
as a popup.




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kai
www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com
remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request

[Karthikeyan Rajeswaran]

What is the version on firefox that you are using? As per http://osdir.com/ml/kde.akregator.user/2005-12/msg00010.html , simply invoking 'firefox {URL}' works correctly with firefox 1.5 (whether it is already opened or not).

regards,
karthik

Kai Ponte wrote:

On Tuesday 11 March 2008 04:50:19 am Peter B. West wrote:
  

-new-tab {URL}
    

I tried this, and it appears to work for the most part.

Every once in awhile, after I've already closed firefox, I'll get the message 
as a popup.




  

[PerfectReign]

On Tuesday 11 March 2008 05:36:54 pm Karthik wrote:
> What is the version on firefox that you are using? As per
> http://osdir.com/ml/kde.akregator.user/2005-12/msg00010.html , simply
> invoking 'firefox {URL}' works correctly with firefox 1.5 (whether it is
> already opened or not).

I'm currently on 2.0.0.12

1.5 has been out of maintenance for some time now. There were some serious
security issues with the 1.x branch.  

3.0 beta is out and the release is around the corner.


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