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[Chris Stratford <chris.stratford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

I usually have two firefox instances running, started as:

firefox -P work
firefox -P default --no-remote --new-window

Up until the last update (39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1) this worked
fine.  Now, clicking on a link (in, say Thunderbird) gives me the
"Firefox is already running, but not responding" dialog.

With just one instance running, clicking on a link still works, so it
appears to be a problem with having more than one.

Trying the above with "-safe-mode" has the same problem, so this is not
extension-related.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 15.04
Release:	15.04

$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  Candidate: 39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     37.0+build2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages

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

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1473908

Title:
  Clicking on external links when multiple firefox sessions running no
  longer works

Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I usually have two firefox instances running, started as:

  firefox -P work
  firefox -P default --no-remote --new-window

  Up until the last update (39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1) this worked
  fine.  Now, clicking on a link (in, say Thunderbird) gives me the
  "Firefox is already running, but not responding" dialog.

  With just one instance running, clicking on a link still works, so it
  appears to be a problem with having more than one.

  Trying the above with "-safe-mode" has the same problem, so this is
  not extension-related.

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 15.04
  Release:	15.04

  $ apt-cache policy firefox
  firefox:
    Installed: 39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
    Candidate: 39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
    Version table:
   *** 39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-security/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       37.0+build2-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages

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