Open a new Mozilla window

linuxnube · 05-17-2004, 02:56 PM

I am using VNC to access a system. I always have mozilla up in the VNC session with many tabs open.

Occasionally, I am at the console of the system and want to open up a mozilla window but the profile manager pops up because I am already running a mozilla session.

I would like to be able to do one of these. If you know how to do it, please let me know:

1) Open a window from the current VNC desktop on the current X session. No idea how to do this but I thought there might be a command line utility that I was unaware of.

2) Switch the current mozilla session from the VNC desktop to the current desktop. (THis is the most desireable to me!).

I realize that there are two solutions which are possible that I did not mention:
kill the current mozilla and restart; and add another profile. I'd rather not do these if I don't have to.

Thanks in advance.

Tinkster · 05-17-2004, 03:04 PM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...mozilla+remote
Use the SEARCH, Luke ;)

Cheers,
Tink

linuxnube · 05-17-2004, 06:25 PM

When I used the search, I was searching for different terms. I did not come across that entry.

However, I tried it and it does indeed open a new window if the first window was started in that xsession. However, when I tried to open a window in the VNC x session, it gave me the profile menu again.

Any other ideas?

slakmagik · 05-17-2004, 11:33 PM

Huh. Is it the ping and the vnc stuff (clueless about that). To make moz work with a file manager that passes weird arguments, I do this

Code:

if [ -L ~/.mozilla/default/5kivd9lf.slt/lock ]; then
	/home/j/bin/mozilla/mozilla -remote "openurl(file://$1/$2)"
else
	/home/j/bin/mozilla/mozilla "file://$1/$2"
fi

When mozilla runs it creates a lock file (or link, rather), so I check for that. I'm not interested in new windows or anything - I just want stuff starting an instance or opening in a running instance. Tink's ping method's neat, but maybe this will do? Just find where moz is dropping the lock file and check for it?