How to make gnome-moz-remote to call firefox Reference: http://www.mncc.com.my/ossig/lists/general/2004-06/msg00068.html $ cat <$HOME/.gnome/gnome-moz-remote [Mozilla] filename=firefox NEEDS_TERM=false NREMOTE=true EOF Notice that it's .gnome and not .gnome2 or anything else (as tested with Fedora Core 4, GNOME 2.12).