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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting startx and then firefox Post 302268675 by stevoo on Tuesday 16th of December 2008 05:55:54 AM
Old 12-16-2008
Solution ...

i have no idea what you did ... but ill tell you what i did and you can take it from there...

*Firsts start the session, mostly like you did
nohup startx -- `which Xvfb` :99 -screen 0 1680x1024x24 & sleep 7

&sleep 7 , is so the session will start and you can still use the same session.

* Start Firefox
DISPLAY=:99 firefox & sleep 7
This will start firefox, you may have to kill the firefox in this session in order to open the other one.

* Confirm it is up and working
DISPLAY=:99 import -window root ~/Desktop/screenshot.png

You may need to install magis.... something to take the screenshot.

So startx, open firefox, and take screenshot ...

havent found the way to navigate in x99 using firefox . Smilie
 

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FIREFOX(1)							Linux User's Manual							FIREFOX(1)

NAME
firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser SYNOPSIS
firefox [OPTIONS] [URL] firefox-bin [OPTIONS] [URL] DESCRIPTION
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. USAGE
firefox is a simple shell script that will set up the environment for the actual executable, firefox-bin. OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by firefox is included below. GTK options --gdk-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to set --gdk-no-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to unset --gtk-debug=FLAGS Gtk+ debugging flags to set --gtk-no-debug=FLAGS Gtk+ debugging flags to unset --gtk-module=MODULE Load an additional Gtk module X11 options --display=DISPLAY X display to use --sync Make X calls synchronous --no-xshm Don't use X shared memory extension --xim-preedit=STYLE --xim-status=STYLE --g-fatal-warnings Make all warnings fatal Firefox options -h, -help Show summary of options. -v, -version Print /usr/bin/firefox-bin version. -CreateProfile profile Create profile. -P profile Start with profile. -ProfileManager Start with profile manager. -remote command Execute command in an already running Firefox process. For more info, see: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html -jsconsole Start with Javascript Console -chrome url Load the specified chrome. -no-remote Don't connect to any other running instances of firefox. Use this if you want to run firefox in an entirely new process. By default, firefox will delegate a command to an already running instance. -safe-mode Start firefox in safe-mode. This disables all third-party extensions, and may be necessary if you are having problems with an exten- sion you installed. -new-tab url Open url in a new tab. -new-window url Open url in a new window. -preferences Open the preferences dialog. -private Start firefox in private browsing mode. -private-toggle Toggle private browsing mode. -setDefaultBrowser Set firefox as the default web browser. -search term Search for term with your default search engine. -migration Start with migration wizard. -new-instance Open new instance, not a new window in running instance. FILES
/usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox /usr/lib/mozilla/firefox-bin - firefox executable VERSION
1.0 BUGS
To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ SEE ALSO
mozilla(1) AUTHORS
The Mozilla Organization http://www.mozilla.org/about.html firefox August 07, 2001 FIREFOX(1)
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