[K12OSN] firefox --no-restore ?

[Peter Hartmann]

This is a little scary but it works.


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#!/bin/bash
#/usr/bin/freshfox

rm -rf $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/*.*/sessionstore.js

/usr/bin/firefox $1 &
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Peter


On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Peter Hartmann <ascensiontech at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > >  I'm not sure if I'm understanding your question correctly.  When you
>  >  >  click on either "Restore Session" or "Start New Session" you are not
>  >  >  creating a new profile.
>  >
>  >  I know.  Launching firefox witht he -p switch will create a new
>  >  profile.  I just wanted to be specific and say that I didn't want
>  >  this.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  >  browser.sessionstore.enabled setting to false.  Of course, this removes
>  >  >  the feature altogether, including if the browser crashes rather than
>  >  >  being closed by the teacher.
>  >
>  >  Yep, I'm aware of this too.    I don't really want to do that
>  >  either....just want to disable it once.
>  >
>
>  Suggestions welcome. fl_tt just simply calls kill. So any tab info
>  will not be saved and thus the error message upon next launch. Opera
>  has the same behavior.  How about this idea, set the
>  browser.sessionstore.enabled  to false before killing firefox then
>  kill it, then set it back to true. If that will work can you tell me
>  which file is this setting in so I can code it into fl_tt.
>
>  Hmm wait a minute, I don't think this will work. If it's true when it
>  starts I think it will still complain.  I think any changes to the
>  config are only loaded at launch. So any config changes require a
>  restart. Any suggestions? Maybe we live with the error message. Unless
>  admins disable sessionstore globally. That's what I did with Opera.
>  The reason I did this was kids would have like 10 tabs open when they
>  quit, then complain it was so slow to startup when the whole class
>  launches their browsers the next class.
>
>
>
>  >
>  >  Hopefully that info is stored in a file that I can delete with a
>  >  script that then calls firefox.  The teacher can excecutel that
>  >  instead with FL_TT.
>  >
>  >  Thanks,
>  >  Peter
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Henry Hartley <henryhartley at westat.com> wrote:
>  >  >
>  >  > Peter Hartmann wrote:
>  >  >  >>
>  >  >  >> If the teacher kills firefox2 with FL_Teachertool, the next time
>  >  >  >> it's launched the user is presented with the "firefox was shut
>  >  >  >> down improperly" and has the option to  start a new session or
>  >  >  >> restore. Is there a way to launch to a new session without
>  >  >  >> creating a new profile?
>  >  >
>  >  >  I'm not sure if I'm understanding your question correctly.  When you
>  >  >  click on either "Restore Session" or "Start New Session" you are not
>  >  >  creating a new profile.  You are simply opening Firefox with the same
>  >  >  tabs, on the same pages that were open when it crashed (or was closed
>  >  >  externally).  So, if your concern is with new profiles, I don't think
>  >  >  anything needs to be done.
>  >  >
>  >  >  If, on the other hand, you want to take away the ability to restore a
>  >  >  session (i.e. you want to get rid of that "Restore Previous Session"
>  >  >  option and always start a new session) then you can change the
>  >  >  browser.sessionstore.enabled setting to false.  Of course, this removes
>  >  >  the feature altogether, including if the browser crashes rather than
>  >  >  being closed by the teacher.
>  >  >
>  >  >  --
>  >  >  Henry
>  >  >
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