Confirming this is still an issue on FX 4.0. I tried both firefox -p -no-remote and firefox -P -no-remote and firefox -no-remote. The behavior of firefox -p should be to launch the profile manager as far as I know.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393853 Title: Cannot create new process for firefox -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs