[arch-general] browser and tty

[Jakub Klinkovský]

On 25.03.14 at 13:26, Mark Lee wrote:
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> On 03/25/2014 01:23 PM, Jason Plum wrote:
> > Verify there is no running instance of Chromium in any other session, as it
> > spawns children withing its original session. I have seen this happen with
> > X2go as well.
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> > Jason Plum
> > WarheadsSE
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> > 
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 1:18 PM, arnaud gaboury <arnaud.gaboury at gmail.com>wrote:
> > 
> >> Dear list,
> >>
> >> I decided to get rid of my mate DE and go i3. Before I am testing my
> >> settings on tty2 (Ctrl+Alt+F2) with a modify .xinitrc (exec i3).
> >>
> >> I have a weird behavior as regarding my web browser, could it be
> >> chromium or firefox.
> >>
> >> On my i3 config. I have this line:
> >>
> >> assign [instance="^chromium$"] → 1
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, when I log in on tty2, there is no chromium being
> >> started. When I am back on tty1 (mate session), I find chromium being
> >> opened.
> >> Then, on tty2, if I start manually firefox, I can't as I am told
> >> "firefox is already running". Indeed it is but on tty1.
> >>
> >> It seems like web browsers are "attached" to my tty1.
> >>
> >> Is there any reason for this behavior? Shall I modify anything to
> >> start any web browser on tty2 ?
> >>
> >> Thank you for help.
> >>
> 
> Salutations,
> 
> According to the Arch Wiki :
> <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3#Launching_programs_on_specific_workspaces>;
> that seems to be the correct behavior.
> 
> You are assigning chromium to be launched on tty1.
> 
> Regards,
> Mark

i3 workspace is *not* tty! See http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_using_workspaces
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