How to start only Mozilla browser on HPUX

[Massimo Bianchi]

Hi all,
on of my customer has the need to use mozilla for the help of one of the application they are developing.

When the same user tries to start the bwroser twise, there is an unpleasant pop-up to choose the profile.

How can this be avoided ? I just want to start the internet browser.

I was thinking of re-compiling the source, tearing away mail and news. In this case, could someone provide a step-by-step way to build the sources ? I'm totally ignorant in compiling...

Regards,
Massimo

[Hoefnix]

Hi,

The functionallity you are looking for is implemented in Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3 (no email or news) The problem is that I can't find a compiled version for HP-UX.

In this last release they removed the unpleassant pop-up (it was there in all previous versions).

Maybe the pop-up is removed in the latest versions of the Mozilla browser as well.

Regards,

Peter

[Massimo Bianchi]

Hi,
thank you for hte input, i already knew Firefox.

The problem i that i have to remain in standards, if possible...

Massimo

[Hoefnix]

I understand, but is re-compiling your own version of Mozilla within these standaard ;-)

Regards,
Peter
(0-points please)

[Massimo Bianchi]

Hi,
questio is good. But the customer feels well with Mozilla...

Massimo

[Dino_4]

Hi,

would it be of any help, if u use the remote-function of mozilla?


mozilla -remote "openurl(http://www.mozilla.org)"

see also: www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html

Using this command, a new browser window will open up, connecting to the already running PID of mozilla.

Problem with this is, that it creates a core dump, but the command is executed properly.

HP already knows about this and it will be solved hopefully in a future release.

[Massimo Bianchi]

Interesting,
but mozilla will be started automatically by an application, and the problem arise when two or more users start mozilla togheter.

Massimo

[Dino_4]

Ok,

i don't quite understand.

2 or more user are connected to one host.

They open an application, this calls Mozilla and u get the Profile-Popup.

Well, this Popup comes up because there is a lock-link in $HOME/.mozilla/$USERNAME/somestring/ pointing to the IP and PID of an open mozilla-process for that user.

If possilble, give each user an own .mozilla-dir or before starting up a new process, get rid of the lock-link, but strange things might happen then.

[Steven E. Protter]

mozilla creates a lock file at open.

Any time the browser opens, it checks for the lock file and gives the unfortunate message by design.

The only way to avoid it is to nail the lock file and delete it. If you do it while the browser is running, my experience is that the browser creates it again.

What you can do is have a script that starts mozilla and deletes the lock file at startup.

SEP

[Massimo Bianchi]

Th customer decided he can live with the pop-up.


We went for 1.6.x version, and that's all.


THanks,
Massimo