[tor-bugs] #13375 [Tor Browser]: Tor Browser Script can't be launched from the Linux desktop

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#13375: Tor Browser Script can't be launched from the Linux desktop
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     Reporter:  lunar    |      Owner:  mikeperry
         Type:           |     Status:  needs_review
  enhancement            |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  tbb-usability, tbb-helpdesk-
  Browser                |  frequent, tbb-usability-stoppoint-app,
   Resolution:           |  MikePerry201503, tbb-4.5-alpha,
Actual Points:           |  TorBrowserTeam201503R
       Points:           |  Parent ID:
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Changes (by isis):

 * cc: isis (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:26 mikeperry]:
 > One more annoying property: this causes a terminal window to open by
 default, and if the user closes that terminal, the browser dies.
 >
 > I've noticed that start-tor-browser still has a --debug option.. Perhaps
 that option should be what governs the output+terminal being
 present+required, otherwise it gets sent to /dev/null? Right now it seems
 that --debug does nothing.

 I can easily fix up my patch for #11751, which `disown`ed the child
 firefox process. I'll do it so that the `--debug` flag that we don't
 currently pass to firefox will enable a logfile, and otherwise all output
 will go to `/dev/null`.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13375#comment:27>
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