[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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Comment (by isis):
Replying to [comment:27 isis]:
> 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`.
>
Okay, your patch is [https://github.com/isislovecruft/tor-browser-
bundle/commit/99589d9188dbf83d0ac54047a6c3f8126cacb307 a single commit] in
my `bug13375-bug11751-disown-browser-process`
[https://github.com/isislovecruft/tor-browser-
bundle/tree/bug13375-bug11751-disown-browser-process branch].
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13375#comment:28>
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