How to run Firefox as spot? (Solved)

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How to run Firefox as spot? (Solved)

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I downloaded the tarfile and extracted firefox 78 esr into my opt folder..i am just wondering if there is a way to run firefox as spot?

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Re: Running firefox as spot.

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In a terminal type

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run-as-spot /opt/firefox/firefox

(be aware that latest firefox uses gtk3 and apulse.)

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HerrBert wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:44 pm

In a terminal type

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run-as-spot /opt/firefox/firefox

(be aware that latest firefox uses gtk3 and apulse.)

@herrbert.
Thanks for your reply.I use a script to initiate firefox usually.

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as you can see i initiate apulse in this script.I have created a desktop icon but i would like to run as spot also.
can i add the command to this script.?

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Re: Running firefox as spot.

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this will work:

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root# run-as-spot apulse firefox

So this script should as well:

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#!/bin/sh
run-as-spot apulse firefox
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Re: Running firefox as spot.

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@rockedge
That worked a treat.Thank you.!

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