On Friday 09 March 2007, Dotan Cohen wrote: >On 08/03/07, Phil Meyer <pmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Dotan Cohen wrote: >> > Recently, I've found that I'm unable to open Firefox after I close >> > the program. I close Firefox with the X button on the Title bar. >> > When I try to open it again, I am confronted with this: >> > Firefox is already running, but not responding. To open a new >> > window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or >> > restart your system. >> > >> > I've looked in /.mozilla/firefox/profile but there is no lock file. >> > Also, typing jobs at the command line shows me no jobs- not even >> > things that I know are running such as Opera and Kmail. >> > >> > This problem is reproducable: I reboot, and I can open Firefox. >> > However, after close, it will not reopen. How can I kill Fx so that >> > I can restart it, without shutting down? >> > >> > Dotan Cohen >> > >> > http://what-is-what.com/what_is/css.html >> > http://technology-sleuth.com/long_answer/what_is_hdtv.html >> >> This is typical of a plugin problem -- it doesn't let the browser >> 'end'. >> >> As others have suggested, look at the process list and kill any >> running firefox programs, then start it again. >> >> Also, examine what plugins you are using at what sites you visit, to >> determine what it is that is 'hanging' firefox. The mplayer or xine >> plugins can get into a mess where one of them does not complete, so >> subsequent instances of that plugin wait on the audio device to become >> available, thus causing firefox to not ever complete its exit. >> >> I should add that at my house we haven't seen this behavior for quite >> some time now. The mplayer and xine and firefox folks have made lots >> of improvements in that last year. >> >> As yourself, open a terminal and run: >> >> $ ps | egrep "mplayer|firefox" >> >> and kill any processes (PID) that show up. >> >> Substitute whatever plugin name you wish. >> >> There is a GUI tool for process control that my wife used to use, but >> for the life of me I cannot find it or remember what it was. >> That may be 'htop', handier than sliced bread AND bottled beer at times. >> Good Luck! > >Thanks, I will try this. Good to know, not only for Firefox. > >Dotan Cohen > >http://what-is-what.com/what_is/html_email.html >http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/406/portishead.html -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Mal: "So Shepard says to a Companion, "Well, a good goat will do that." " --Episode #5, "Safe"
