On 09/03/07, oldman <talbotscott@xxxxxxx> wrote:
My small knowledge of programming in C and Assembler indicates that it *should* be unlikely to have different things happen depending on which exit you choose. The usual rule is to make 1 exit routine ( the code that cleans up memory and releases it back to the system etc.) Though a few years ago I was operating a Unix box for the Navy and there was a problem that if a program was exited using the window widget ( the one in the left of the title bar ) than that program wouldn't release memory and eventually the machine would crash, so yeah I guess it's possible. But specifically no I haven't seen any problem though I nearly always use the X widget, occasionally I use the File Menu, I got out of the habit of using the window widget - don't think I've used it at all since the trouble I mentioned on UNIX.
Actually, I'm a heavy keyboard user, so I usually Alt-F4. But I've tried with the windows widget and also with File-Quit. Reproducable every time (requiring a system restart).
Have you tried looking for any lock files that FFox uses, perhaps one is left open causing your problem? how common a problem is it for you? Has it always been the same? Of course there could be any number of plugins or add-ons that might cause you problems too. You might try making sure you have 1 page with a simple file or an about:blank page before you shut down, see if the problem goes away.
No lock files that I could find, at least not the standard Fx lockfile. I'll start disabling extensions, but as I haven't added any recently, I doubt that is the problem. I also don't have Fx nor the extensions automatically update. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com/what_is/bios.html http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/413/prodigy.html
