On Thu, October 30, 2008 09:56, lists-centos wrote: > > you can do this by putting: > > setenv MOZ_NO_REMOTE 1 > > in your .cshrc (i'll let you figure out the bash equiv if that's what > you're using). > > and then use (e.g., in your icon's properties entry): > > /usr/bin/firefox -SelectProfile %u > > to start an instance. This works. Thank you. The magical invocation is: Edit ~/.bashrc or /etc/bashrc and add: # Force Mozilla (Firefox) to prompt for profiles # and start as separate instances for each. MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1; export MOZ_NO_REMOTE # Then invoke via "firefox -SelectProfile %u" Log out and restart the desktop to get the changes to take effect for the panel and menus. Changes made to ~/.bashrc or /etc/bashrc are picked up with each new terminal window opened and do not require a logout or source command if you invoke Firefox from the command line instead. Many thanks. Now I can lose myself in the madness of model-model, view, controller xml.... wheeeee.... -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3