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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [oS-en] Problem with Thunderbird not opening links.
From:       Daniel Bauer <linux () daniel-bauer ! com>
Date:       2022-07-25 16:50:49
Message-ID: fc06821d-0c16-1fb3-89bc-441b3013220e () daniel-bauer ! com
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Am 25.07.22 um 16:19 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
> On 25/07/2022 14.18, Daniel Bauer wrote:

>> I think these exec lines should be different:
>>
>> in the .desktop files for your "other" browser profiles add the 
>> profile name:
>> Exec=firefox -no-remote -P profileName
>> (so it doesn't ask you which profile because you already defined it)
>>
>> in the .desktop file for your default browser remove the -no-remote -P 
>> profileName:
>> Exec=firefox %u
>>
>> Then open firefox from command line with
>> firefox -P
>>
>> select your default profile, check "don't ask".
> 
> "Don't ask" doesn't work, because it then runs the last opened profile, 
> not the correct one.

Yes, but it is the last opened profile which you opened via the profiles 
dialog.

This is why you should use the command line
firefox -P (without profilename)
the /last/ time when you select your default profile in the profiles 
dialog (and here check "don't ask") and then never again use that 
command without a profilename.

Then this is the "last opened profile" for ever, or until you provoke 
the profile dialog again with the above command. But if you do, just do 
it again, selecting default profile and check "don't ask".

>> It should work from now on, also after logout/in, reboot...
> 
> As you can see in my other post with "ps afxu" output, nothing will 
> work, because firefox is being called with the correct command line yet 
> it fails.

For me this "don't ask" was a bit confusing in the beginning. It doesn't 
just affect one profile, but all of them. If you say "don't ask" for any 
profile, /no/ profile will ask you when you start it with -P 
profilename. If you uncheck "don't ask" when opening any profile, /all/ 
profiles will ask you when you start them.

If you have set "don't ask" and start firefox without "-P profilename" 
it opens the last profile you selected in the profiles dialog.

So you just have to make sure that the last time you use the profiles 
dialog, you use it to open your default profile and check "don't ask".

When you now open another profile with "firefox -P profilename" it will 
open the given profile without asking, but when you start with "firefox" 
(without -P) it will start your default one.

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