[opensuse] Firefox still running
Hello SuSE people, Running 10.3 64 bit after a new install. Saved the /home directory for myself and two users. Moved all of the pertinent stuff (.kde & .mozilla) from a 10.2 install into the repective new /home directories on 10.3. Everything works fine for myself and one of the users. For the other user Firefox cannot be started and comes up with a message the Firefox is already running and it must be closed first. Firefox is installed globally. I ran system guard and there is no sign of Firefox (mozilla) running. I've tried everything I can think of including wiping that user's /home directory and re-importing it. Can't find anything. Asking for ideas/suggestions here. Anybody have any? Bob S. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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I ran system guard and there is no sign of Firefox (mozilla) running. I've tried everything I can think of including wiping that user's /home directory and re-importing it. Can't find anything. Asking for ideas/suggestions here. Anybody have any?
look for a link: ~/.mozilla/firefox/<user-directory>.default/lock and remove it. - -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHUOG0ClSjbQz1U5oRAiqpAJ9atYbS2ZNZ1Kc5vyPQzeQTScSiFACglkDq Cj9ocU1srCkQG6JUZdbivqs= =DUgN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hello SuSE people,
Running 10.3 64 bit after a new install. Saved the /home directory for myself and two users. Moved all of the pertinent stuff (.kde & .mozilla) from a 10.2 install into the repective new /home directories on 10.3.
Everything works fine for myself and one of the users. For the other user Firefox cannot be started and comes up with a message the Firefox is already running and it must be closed first. Firefox is installed globally.
I ran system guard and there is no sign of Firefox (mozilla) running. I've tried everything I can think of including wiping that user's /home directory and re-importing it. Can't find anything. Asking for ideas/suggestions here. Anybody have any?
Bob S. From a command line as root run the following command:
On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 21:14 -0500, Bob S wrote: ps aux | grep firefox then look for the PID number which is the second column type this command: kill (PID number) -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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* Bryen
From a command line as root run the following command: ps aux | grep firefox
then look for the PID number which is the second column
type this command: kill (PID number)
er, systemguard is a gui ps .... - -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHUOZyClSjbQz1U5oRAozaAKCYtUPPoSFgS3jkkzfikO3XYk2uQgCeP1c/ tVHDn4HfDcTitqTUAxL6aJk= =Z4z/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 30 November 2007 11:25:55 pm Bryen wrote:
On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 21:14 -0500, Bob S wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Running 10.3 64 bit after a new install. Saved the /home directory for myself and two users. Moved all of the pertinent stuff (.kde & .mozilla) from a 10.2 install into the repective new /home directories on 10.3.
Everything works fine for myself and one of the users. For the other user Firefox cannot be started and comes up with a message the Firefox is already running and it must be closed first. Firefox is installed globally.
I ran system guard and there is no sign of Firefox (mozilla) running. I've tried everything I can think of including wiping that user's /home directory and re-importing it. Can't find anything. Asking for ideas/suggestions here. Anybody have any?
Bob S. From a command line as root run the following command:
ps aux | grep firefox
then look for the PID number which is the second column
type this command: kill (PID number)
Thanks for replying Bryen Had already done that but tried again. Here is what I got: ruth@Easystreet:~> ps aux | grep firefox ruth 6788 0.0 0.0 5116 788 pts/1 R+ 18:56 0:00 grep firefox ruth@Easystreet:~> Konsole told me there was no such process running Bob S. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Everything works fine for myself and one of the users. For the other user Firefox cannot be started and comes up with a message the Firefox is already running and it must be closed first. Firefox is installed globally.
Firefox uses lockfiles to allow only one firefox process to occur at a time. There are at least two types of lockfiles which can be deleted should Firefox lock up in the way in which you have seen. They are located at: /home/<user>/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>.default/lock and /home/<user>/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>.default/.parentlock where <user> is the username in question and <profile> is a long unique string of characters. Cheers Todd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 30 November 2007 11:27:26 pm todd@sohovfx.com wrote:
Everything works fine for myself and one of the users. For the other user Firefox cannot be started and comes up with a message the Firefox is already running and it must be closed first. Firefox is installed globally.
Firefox uses lockfiles to allow only one firefox process to occur at a time.
There are at least two types of lockfiles which can be deleted should Firefox lock up in the way in which you have seen. They are located at:
/home/<user>/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>.default/lock
and
/home/<user>/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>.default/.parentlock
where <user> is the username in question and <profile> is a long unique string of characters.
Cheers Todd
Thanks for replying Todd, There was no lock file. There was a parentlock file which I deleted. No good. Still won't open Firefox. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bob S wrote:
There was no lock file. There was a parentlock file which I deleted. No good. Still won't open Firefox. Can you verify if there is still any firefox running ? I had four firefox processes running last week on OpenSuse 10.3 (two firefox and two firefox-bin, none visible in the task bar) and firefox only started again after i killed them all. I am the only user.
Kind regards Philippe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bob S wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Running 10.3 64 bit after a new install. Saved the /home directory for myself and two users. Moved all of the pertinent stuff (.kde & .mozilla) from a 10.2 install into the repective new /home directories on 10.3.
Everything works fine for myself and one of the users. For the other user Firefox cannot be started and comes up with a message the Firefox is already running and it must be closed first. Firefox is installed globally.
I ran system guard and there is no sign of Firefox (mozilla) running. I've tried everything I can think of including wiping that user's /home directory and re-importing it. Can't find anything. Asking for ideas/suggestions here. Anybody have any?
There's a lock file. From the user's account: find ~/.mozilla -name "lock" -print will find it for you. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 01 December 2007 03:00:36 am Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Bob S wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Running 10.3 64 bit after a new install. Saved the /home directory for myself and two users. Moved all of the pertinent stuff (.kde & .mozilla) from a 10.2 install into the repective new /home directories on 10.3.
Everything works fine for myself and one of the users. For the other user Firefox cannot be started and comes up with a message the Firefox is already running and it must be closed first. Firefox is installed globally.
I ran system guard and there is no sign of Firefox (mozilla) running. I've tried everything I can think of including wiping that user's /home directory and re-importing it. Can't find anything. Asking for ideas/suggestions here. Anybody have any?
There's a lock file.
From the user's account:
find ~/.mozilla -name "lock" -print
will find it for you.
Thanks for replying Aaron, It would if it were there. Sadly it is not. Do you (or anybody) know if it is possible to uninstall Firefox for just a single user and reinstall new? Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 20:16 -0500, Bob S wrote:
On Saturday 01 December 2007 03:00:36 am Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Bob S wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Running 10.3 64 bit after a new install. Saved the /home directory for myself and two users. Moved all of the pertinent stuff (.kde & .mozilla) from a 10.2 install into the repective new /home directories on 10.3.
Everything works fine for myself and one of the users. For the other user Firefox cannot be started and comes up with a message the Firefox is already running and it must be closed first. Firefox is installed globally.
I ran system guard and there is no sign of Firefox (mozilla) running. I've tried everything I can think of including wiping that user's /home directory and re-importing it. Can't find anything. Asking for ideas/suggestions here. Anybody have any?
There's a lock file.
From the user's account:
find ~/.mozilla -name "lock" -print
will find it for you.
Thanks for replying Aaron,
It would if it were there. Sadly it is not.
Do you (or anybody) know if it is possible to uninstall Firefox for just a single user and reinstall new?
Bob S
Unless you had installed firefox as a whole under a user's own home directory, the answer is most likely no. However, you can delete that user's mozilla files. Or actually, I would save the .mozilla folder elsewhere. A new .mozilla folder should be created when you start up mozilla. You may want to then copy the bookmarks.html folder and some other pertinent files like history, etc. into the new .mozilla folder in the exact same location as the old .mozilla folder contents. As a test before you do all this, open a terminal, su into root then type firefox, just to make sure it is not the application that is corrupted by rather, the user's settings. If it launches, (which it is launching under root's settings) then you know for sure it is the user's settings. Then proceed with the steps I mentioned above. -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bob S wrote:
On Saturday 01 December 2007 03:00:36 am Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Bob S wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Running 10.3 64 bit after a new install. Saved the /home directory for myself and two users. Moved all of the pertinent stuff (.kde & .mozilla) from a 10.2 install into the repective new /home directories on 10.3.
Everything works fine for myself and one of the users. For the other user Firefox cannot be started and comes up with a message the Firefox is already running and it must be closed first. Firefox is installed globally.
I ran system guard and there is no sign of Firefox (mozilla) running. I've tried everything I can think of including wiping that user's /home directory and re-importing it. Can't find anything. Asking for ideas/suggestions here. Anybody have any? There's a lock file.
From the user's account:
find ~/.mozilla -name "lock" -print
will find it for you.
Thanks for replying Aaron,
It would if it were there. Sadly it is not.
Do you (or anybody) know if it is possible to uninstall Firefox for just a single user and reinstall new?
Remember... Linux is a "work-alike" for Unix; both are multi-user systems. YOUR data has nothing to with the installation or absence of any program. For example, if I removed vi from an HP-UX system, and replaced it with vim and gvim, should every user on that system lose their personal vi configuration files? Of course not! Users expect their configuration files to endure, even if software is replaced. Personal application data is stored in your home directory, NOT the program's directory (thats the sort of thing which is practiced by people who program on single-user toy operating systems, like those sold by a certain company in Redmond, Washington, USA). So, uninstalling the software won't do anything for any user. So, the next question is, how do you get rid of your messed up configuration? $ cd ~ $ mv .mozilla .mozilla-old (i.e. you're renaming that directory) By moving, rather than REmoving .mozilla, all of the files are still around if you want to grab something out of them later. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 30 November 2007 09:14:16 pm Bob S wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Running 10.3 64 bit after a new install. Saved the /home directory for myself and two users. Moved all of the pertinent stuff (.kde & .mozilla) from a 10.2 install into the repective new /home directories on 10.3.
Everything works fine for myself and one of the users. For the other user Firefox cannot be started and comes up with a message the Firefox is already running and it must be closed first. Firefox is installed globally.
I ran system guard and there is no sign of Firefox (mozilla) running. I've tried everything I can think of including wiping that user's /home directory and re-importing it. Can't find anything. Asking for ideas/suggestions here. Anybody have any?
Bob S.
Thanks everybody, for the attempt to help. I finally just deleted .mozilla in the users /home directory, started Firefox, (It started this time) It rebuilt .mozilla, and then copied over all of the pertinent things like bookmarks, preferences, etc. Finally working the way it should be. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bob S wrote:
On Friday 30 November 2007 09:14:16 pm Bob S wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Running 10.3 64 bit after a new install. Saved the /home directory for myself and two users. Moved all of the pertinent stuff (.kde & .mozilla) from a 10.2 install into the repective new /home directories on 10.3.
Everything works fine for myself and one of the users. For the other user Firefox cannot be started and comes up with a message the Firefox is already running and it must be closed first. Firefox is installed globally.
I ran system guard and there is no sign of Firefox (mozilla) running. I've tried everything I can think of including wiping that user's /home directory and re-importing it. Can't find anything. Asking for ideas/suggestions here. Anybody have any?
Bob S.
Thanks everybody, for the attempt to help.
I finally just deleted .mozilla in the users /home directory, started Firefox, (It started this time) It rebuilt .mozilla, and then copied over all of the pertinent things like bookmarks, preferences, etc. Finally working the way it should be.
Rather than deleting all of .mozilla, all you had to do is just delete the lock file. And if you can't find that, then simply MOVE the directory... like this mv .mozilla .mozilla.old Then you haven't lost bookmarks, addresses and stuff.
Bob S
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