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Posted: Aug. 18 2006,22:16 QUOTE
Did you actually put
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/usr/local/bin/firefox /path/to/file &>/dev/null &

You probably want to replace /path/to/file if you haven't.

You might want
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/usr/local/bin/firefox  http://myotherpc/ &>/dev/null &
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Posted: Aug. 19 2006,08:15 QUOTE
I did put in a real filepath.  I've tried both local files and http

Keith
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Posted: Aug. 20 2006,17:10 QUOTE
Well I finally sorted this out and it was nothing to do with Firefox.  Somehow I'd got into a mess with permissions or ownership.  Not quite sure what it was I did though.  Presumably changed ownership or permissions of .xinitrc or something.

Anyway, I worked through my remaster a stage at a time and finally got it all working.

Keith
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