Cannot open Firefox after closing her.

[Dotan Cohen]

On 08/03/07, Phil Meyer <pmeyer at themeyerfarm.com> 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.
>
> Good Luck!
>
>

Thanks, I will try this. Good to know, not only for Firefox.

Dotan Cohen

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