October 2006


Making Firefox work with Dual Screen on Linux

While attemping to use Firefox in dual screen mode on my Ubuntu Linux, I encountered this annoying problem: If you launch Firefox on one screen, you can’t launch it on the second screen (unless you are using Clone to Big mode). When you launch Firefox on the second screen, it complains about the profile being in use.

Here’s quick solution:

  1. Close all Firefox windows and run the following on your terminal: 
    firefox -ProfileManager
  2. Create a new profile, say “Second Screen.” Keep the checkbox “Don’t ask on startup” selected and click “Exit”.
  3. On your secondary monitor, modify the Firefox launcher by right clicking on the icon on your Panel and selecting “Properties”. Change the “Command” to: 
    firefox %u -p SecondScreen
  4. That’s it. Enjoy indepently configurable Firefox on both screens now!
Oct 20 2006 01:57 pm | linux | 3 Comments »