On 24/07/2022 23.19, Carlos E. R. wrote: This post was not sent in time, now it is obsolete because the issue is really solved. Still, the comment at the end is valid.
So I close all my firefox windows, and try again. I get the profile question, and this time firefox starts and opens the link. I click a second time on the same link, and this time it works without any complaint.
Well, issue solved! Thanks for the hint.
I rebooted, and problem is back. I will try what Andrei suggested. [...] Nope, same error. default apps, other, «firefox -P "default" --no-remote "%s"» I close FF, open it, and try. [...] No, same error. Claims FF is not responding. In ps afxu, I see: cer 14358 39.9 7.9 3671220 311464 tty2 Sl+ 12:48 1:13 | | \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/> cer 14444 7.6 5.8 2854096 228868 tty2 Sl+ 12:48 0:13 | | \_ /usr/lib64/fire> cer 14487 14.4 6.9 2983788 273288 tty2 Sl+ 12:49 0:25 | | \_ /usr/lib64/fire> cer 14546 13.5 6.6 2953960 262704 tty2 Sl+ 12:49 0:22 | | \_ /usr/lib64/fire> cer 14660 1.6 2.9 2604832 115904 tty2 Sl+ 12:49 0:02 | | \_ /usr/lib64/fire> cer 14769 0.2 1.0 376632 40492 tty2 Sl+ 12:50 0:00 | | \_ /usr/lib64/fire> ... cer 14949 8.2 3.7 2810524 148120 tty2 Sl+ 12:51 0:01 /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -P default --no-> cer 14958 9.1 3.7 2812716 149268 tty2 Sl+ 12:51 0:02 /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -P default --no-> ~ By the way, Thunderbird is constantly using 50% of the CPU on both cores, making this tiny laptop hot and unresponsive. For hours and hours. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.3 (Legolas))