[PLUG] transferring an open firefox session from machine to machine

Eric Wilhelm scratchcomputing at gmail.com
Sat Feb 23 06:55:25 UTC 2008


# from Keith Lofstrom
# on Friday 22 February 2008 20:12:

>I am wondering if it is possible to copy some of the runtime data
>from the downtown machine to here, and take over the session?

Mine offers to restore the previous session after a `kill -HUP`.

>Alternatively, to move the open X window from there to here?

I have yet to get `xmove` to work reliably, but you have to start the 
program on that DISPLAY.  There is a debian package.

--Eric
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