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rej
DaveW-
Thanks!
Tried both ways many times. It creates the launcher in Firetools (With no icon, just the title) but does not open the browser.
note: /etc/firejail -no firefox.desktop file located here [please see attached]
Did I miss a step?
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home/.config/firetools:firefox2.desktop (file name)
content:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox
Comment=FirefoxPrivate
Icon=Firefox
Exec=firejail –private=~/.FFprivate firefox
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home/.FFprivate (folder empty)
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Firetools GUI (automatically created)(Name) firefox2
(Description) FirefoxPrivate
(Command) firejail-private=~/.FFprivate firefox
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Simple way:Firetools GUI (automatically created)
(Name) firefox2
(Description) FirefoxPrivate
(Command) firejail-private firefox
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firefox2.desktop (file name)content:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox
Comment=FirefoxPrivate
Icon=Firefox
Exec=firejail–private firefoxDaveW
rej,
My original post was late last night. When I reviewed it later, I found several errors, and made numerous edits. I suspect you took action based on an early version. I’m sorry.You are correct. /etc/firejail/firefox.profile is the default file (not firefox.desktop). It looks like firefox-esr.profile refers to firefox.profile. For me, either one seems to do the same thing (in default mode).
For the private mode, firefox.desktop will reside in your /home/yourusername/.config/firetools/
There may be some difference in the way Firetools 9.44 and 9.58 work. I did not experiment much with the older version before upgrading. There is a configuration “Wizard” in 9.58. It looked promising, but after going through the custom setup dialog, firejail still would not run firefox in private mode. (By the way, Firefox has its own private mode, which may be what you activated, after you started firefox in default mode. I don’t know the differences between the two private modes.)
As noted, in my final edit to the previous post, the command line (in firefox.desktop) needs to have double dashes before ‘private’. Also, the “Exec” line in your firefox2.desktop is missing a space after firejail.
Have you tried to enter these commands in a terminal? (Use a non-root terminal.) If those commands bring up Firefox, you can check that it is actually running in Firejail, by opening “Tools” in Firetools. You can also check from a root-terminal, by typing on the command line:
firejail --list
The program will list all running firejail sessions.If that works, try this experiment. Create a /home/yourusername/.config/firetools/firefox.desktop file. Or, change the name of your firefox2.desktop and correct space and dashes as needed.
Then, right click on your entry in the Firetools icon box, click ‘edit’ and enter the same information, as in this file. I don’t know why, but I think I had to do that.Then, turn Firetools “off” (right click the tab in the tray, and click “close”). Wait a few seconds, and restart Firetools. Right click the Firefox private icon in the firetools box, click “edit”. The data should be the same as in your firefox.desktop file. (Firetools apparently reads the .desktop files only when it starts.)Also, right click on your Firefox default mode icon, click “edit” and verify that the Exec line is simply “firejail firefox” (without quotes).
Then, try to start firefox from either firejail icon and see what happens. (I run firefox in one mode or the other, not both at once in different firejail sessions.)
- This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by DaveW.
- This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by DaveW.
- This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by DaveW.
Thanks – success! Double dashes and FF profile made it work.
Also, the “Exec” line in your firefox2.desktop is missing a space after firejail.
Yesterday I had tried it both ways to see if that was the problem after checking other entries in Firetools.
right click on your Firefox default mode icon, click “edit” and verify that the Exec line is simply “firejail firefox” (without quotes).
– Mozilla Firefox – no quotes
Firetools – double click ‘crossed wrench & screwdriver icon’ in top left and you can see what is running and the numbers changing.
Then, try to start firefox from either firejail icon and see what happens. (I run firefox in one mode or the other, not both at once in different firejail sessions.)
-runs regular FF.
-both can run at the same time.
You might be interested in “Firefox Multi-Account Containers”:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGTBH9yr8uw] 25:38 minutes into the video. (The url has to be in brackets or for some reason opens a gigantic oversized video right in the forum page. Found that the last picture attachment of the FF files was oversized and cut off-cropped.)
Thanks again – great work!
rej,
I’m happy to know that you got it working. I’ll check out the video. I’m also going to attempt to edit prior posts to eliminate the double dash confusion.Thanks.
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