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On 11/10/2013 1:38 PM, Dale wrote: |
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> When it does not kill correctly and I try to restart that |
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> session, I get the error that the session is already running. |
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Hello,:-) |
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/The following article explains how to deal with "Firefox is already |
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running" message.hope it helps out |
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"Run *strace -o ~/ff.strace firefox* and then investigated the |
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strace file. My hunch was that one or other file lock |
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wasn't being relinquished properly, perhaps from an earlier |
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crashed firefox process. I grepped through the log, looking for file |
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opens, and eventually found this:/ |
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open("/home/matthew/.mozilla/firefox/2z7l4uii.default/.parentlock", |
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O_WRONLY|O/CREAT|O/TRUNC, 0666) = 4/ |
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Bingo! I checked; and even with no firefox process running, |
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this file existed. It was an empty lock file, so I deleted it. That did |
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the trick --- now FireFox runs again! |
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So in summary; if you have this problem, check your .mozilla |
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file (or the Windows equivalent) for any 'lock' files --- quit any mozilla |
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applications, then delete the lock files and try again. That |
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should fix the problem!" |
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http://xania.org/200604/firefox-woesfirefox-is-already-running-when-it%27s-not |
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