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  Lost the firefox windows rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-05-12 21:00 +0200
    Re: Lost the firefox windows Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-05-12 21:30 +0200
      Re: Lost the firefox windows David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-05-12 23:00 +0200
      Re: Lost the firefox windows rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-05-12 23:20 +0200
      Re: Lost the firefox windows l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2020-05-12 23:30 +0200

#222424 — Lost the firefox windows

On debian wheezy:

I might have fat fingered something (or not) but the firefox windows have 
disappeared.  I was about to restart firefox (which would cause me to lose the 
content on my private firefox window), but I ran a ps command and see that 
firefox is still running, but I've checked all my desktops and the windows 
(firefox gui displays) are gone.

Any thoughts on a way to recover them short of killing firefox and restarting 
it?

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#222426

rhkramer@gmail.com wrote: 
> On debian wheezy:
> 
> I might have fat fingered something (or not) but the firefox windows have 
> disappeared.  I was about to restart firefox (which would cause me to lose the 
> content on my private firefox window), but I ran a ps command and see that 
> firefox is still running, but I've checked all my desktops and the windows 
> (firefox gui displays) are gone.
> 
> Any thoughts on a way to recover them short of killing firefox and restarting 
> it?

Are you running a window manager which has the concept of
minimization/iconization? It might have just suspended showing
you the windows and be able to bring them back by undoing that.

-dsr-

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#222429

On Tue 12 May 2020 at 15:29:10 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote:
> rhkramer@gmail.com wrote: 
> > On debian wheezy:
> > 
> > I might have fat fingered something (or not) but the firefox windows have 
> > disappeared.  I was about to restart firefox (which would cause me to lose the 
> > content on my private firefox window), but I ran a ps command and see that 
> > firefox is still running, but I've checked all my desktops and the windows 
> > (firefox gui displays) are gone.
> > 
> > Any thoughts on a way to recover them short of killing firefox and restarting 
> > it?
> 
> Are you running a window manager which has the concept of
> minimization/iconization? It might have just suspended showing
> you the windows and be able to bring them back by undoing that.

On my system, if I type   firefox   into an xterm, firefox reappears.
If it was iconified, it deiconifies; if it wasn't running, it runs,
often failing to open all the windows/tabs until I press its Restore
button.

I could just Ctrl-RightClick in the root window and click firefox in
the Window List, but that's more effort than rerunning it (usually
via an alias like my-bank or my-forecast).

Cheers,
David.

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#222430

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 03:29:10 PM Dan Ritter wrote:
> rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > On debian wheezy:
> > 
> > I might have fat fingered something (or not) but the firefox windows have
> > disappeared.  I was about to restart firefox (which would cause me to
> > lose the content on my private firefox window), but I ran a ps command
> > and see that firefox is still running, but I've checked all my desktops
> > and the windows (firefox gui displays) are gone.
> > 
> > Any thoughts on a way to recover them short of killing firefox and
> > restarting it?
> 
> Are you running a window manager which has the concept of
> minimization/iconization? 

I think I found the problem (at least I think so) apparently (I'm guessing 
that I hit <ctrl> q by accident), but the system / firefox was so busy that it 
took something like 15 minutes to shut down.

But, just to answer the question you asked: Well, yes, I think so (I run kde 
4.8.4 -- the "current" version in Wheezy, but if I minimize a window the icon 
(or whatever the right word is) still remains on my tool bar so I can re-
establish the window by clicking on it.

Anyway, I guess it is all good now -- thanks for your help!  (I have restarted 
firefox, and recovered the windows / tabs except for those in the private 
window -- disappointing.

> It might have just suspended showing
> you the windows and be able to bring them back by undoing that.
> 
> -dsr-

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#222431

Hi,

12 mai 2020 à 21:29 de dsr@randomstring.org:

> Are you running a window manager which has the concept of
> minimization/iconization?
>
In the same vein, I've already lost sight of some windows because of the roll-up functionality under Xfce ;p

Best regards,
l0f4r0

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