[Bug 229623] [NEW] Problem opening two windows of firefox in ubuntu 8.04

[Derrick Austin]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

In Ubuntu 8.04, I receive the error "Firefox is already open but not
responding." often when I trying to open two windows of Firefox.

I have noticed that this problem does not occur if I configure my
xorg.conf to:

Option "xinerama" "true"

Which makes my two screens act as one big screen.

Strangely enough, even when I switch to a different workstation to open
the second firefox window, I can not replicate the problem unless I do
not have "Option "xinerama" "true"" off in my xorg.conf.

When this option is off, my two screens act as two separate desktops,
and I could see this being a problem. However, if this was the reason
for the problem, I believe it should also happen when I switch to a
different workstation and open a new firefox window.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 12 10:54:07 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-17-generic i686

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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Problem opening two windows of firefox in ubuntu 8.04
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