Found a cause and way to reproduce this.. (see updated description)

** Summary changed:

- Cannot submit Bug Report: "Firefox is already running...."
+ Firefox fails to start from non-existent directory: "Firefox is already 
running...."

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: apport
  
  In apport reporting a bug of displayconfig-gtk results in the following
  error message:
  
  (Window Title:) CLOSE
  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.
  
  There is no crash, so I cannot submit a crash report.
+ 
+ This happens, when firefox gets started from a non-existent directory:
+ 
+ REPRODUCE:
+ 1. firefox
+ 2. mkdir /tmp/foo
+ 3. cd /tmp/foo
+ 4. rmdir /tmp/foo
+ 5. firefox

-- 
Firefox fails to start from non-existent directory: "Firefox is already 
running...."
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/198195
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