On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 02:45:13PM -0800, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:27:36 +0100 > Renee Klawitter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > I recently installed the firefox 1.5, (1.4.99+1.5 to be perfectly > > accurate). > > Now, when I try to start firefox via the applications menu or via > > console, logged in as a normal user, it won't start and gives me this > > nice little message instead: > > > > Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new > > window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart > > your system. > > > > But there is no other firefox process. And the curious thing is, > > logged in as root I can start firefox, and as long as the root > > firefox process is running, I am able to start a new window as a > > normal user!!
Perhaps you have somehow started firefox in a user directory as root, causing the lock file to have the wrong permissions. Or perhaps the lock is just there; firefox as root will presumably use /root's .mozilla directory, and thus root's lock file, unless you've preserved your HOME variable. See if 'ls -l .mozilla/firefox/*/lock' shows a lock file when no firefox-bin is running, and if so remove it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
