D-bus / linux
Hello everyone,
Is it possible to control Firefox 76 on Linux from D-bus ? I listed all available services with "qdbus" utility, but there is nothing like firefox/mozilla. Also, I browsed source code, and I saw D-bus support seems to be there. Thank you
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Hi tetip59575, please ignore the fake support link someone is spamming here. A genuine community support volunteer will reply in this thread. https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1289035
I don't know in what way D-bus is used for specific processes. I think that it is used for network purposes.
Here is an example of D-Bus usage.
cor-el said
I don't know in what way D-bus is used for specific processes. I think that it is used for network purposes. Here is an example of D-Bus usage.
Thank you for the answer, I tried supplied service/path, but no success:
$ qdbus org.mozilla.Firefox.SearchProvider /org/mozilla/Firefox/SearchProvider Service 'org.mozilla.Firefox.SearchProvider' does not exist.
This service is not exposed to dbus. Maybe FF should be recompiled with some options for that ? (I use downloaded version)
tetip59575 said
cor-el said
I don't know in what way D-bus is used for specific processes. I think that it is used for network purposes. Here is an example of D-Bus usage.This service is not exposed to dbus. Maybe FF should be recompiled with some options for that ? (I use downloaded version)
There many Linux distros out there that are compiled from Firefox source code, where Mozilla does offer a general compilation to cover the general aspects of Linux without options specific to particular distros.
And Mozilla does provide provide general "build" information here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions
You might want to recompile your own distro or add specific code to include that feature.
IMO, best to seek help for that at the Ubuntu support fora - https://ubuntu.com/ - where many other Linux distros are supported.