firefox on two displays

[Johan Ramm-Ericson]

On Mon, 2006-10-23 Karl Auer wrote 
> From: Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au>
> Subject: Re: firefox on two displays
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,	not for general discussions"
> 	<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 19:58 -0400, Paul Williams wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 09:03 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
> > > I can open as many firefox windows as I like on one display, all writing
> > > the same cache/bookmarks/history etc. No problem. But I can't open a new
> > > window on a *different* display without setting up a different profile.
> > > I don't see why not - it's just a display...
> > > 
> > Can't you just open a new window (file > new window) in Firefox on the
> > other desktop?
> 
> The first Firefox window is on display A. In that window I click on
> File->New window. The new window opens on Display A. There's no way to
> direct it to the other display/dektop.
> 
> If I was using Xinerama I could drag it to the other screen, but I have
> two independent displays...
> 
> Regards, K.

Hi,

Karl; you said previously you were looking for an explanation as to why
this happens. I'll give it a go (without having dug into the intricacies
of dual-head displays...):

Since firefox creates a lock file that is attached to the display ("ls
-l ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>/lock") I'm guessing that because you
have two displays firefox will not allow you to start up another session
on a different display than the original one.

Does that clear things up?

/johan