Taavi, On Tuesday 22 February 2005 22:18, Taavi Dovnar wrote:
And in another computer I would have to delete manually this lock file in order to use default profile... Any suggestions?
When you have the problem, run from the command-line: ps aux|grep -i thunderbird
to see if any instances of thunderbird remain. If so (and I suspect that this is your problem), issue from the command-line: kill -9
No, program is closed nicely... Lock still remains.
I repeat, don't use "kill -9". It's rarely necessary and when it is it's a sign of a problem. Use plain old "kill" so that target processes have a chance to do their clean-up (lock file removal, e.g.). If that doesn't lead to the program's termination, then you can try "kill -9".
Well, I close programs from cross in the upper right corner... Is it OK?
Of course. That's the primary way. However, if there's a problem with the application, it may not work. Then again, if there's a problem with the application, kill might not work, either, but in most cases, fewer things need to be in good working order, if you will, for kill to succeed than for the close box to work.
:) And after I close it, ps ax shows no Firefox/Thunderbird anymore.
Then it's gone, it's safe to say. Randall Schulz