RedHat User manager GUI crashes

[Rick DeBay]

> Firebird was renamed long ago to Firefox
I'm talking about the Firebird database; http://www.firebirdsql.org/ .

> I assume you actually mean the "profile manager", not the "user
manager".
No, I mean the RedHat User Manager GUI.

When I installed Firebird for the first time using the rpm, I ended up
with a lock on the groups and had to get rid of that and start over.
Now I can't find any lock files, but the RedHat User Manager GUI won't
open, and I think the rpm is stalled on trying to do something with
groups or users.

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[mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rick
Stevens
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 6:01 PM
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
Subject: Re: User manager crashes

Rick DeBay wrote:
> I was installing an rpm for Firebird 1.5.1 and have ended up in
install
> hell.
> Since the first install of Firebird 1.5.0 ended up leaving a lock file
> so that new users couldn't be created, I looked for one but couldn't
> find any.

Firebird was renamed long ago to Firefox.  The latest Firefox version
is Firefox V0.9.2.  The companion mail client is Thunderbird (currently
V0.7.2)

The lock file will probably be in the user's home directory's .firebird
or .mozilla directory:

	~(user)/.firebird/(profile name)/xxxxxxxx.slt/lock
	~(user)/.mozilla/(profile name)/xxxxxxxx.slt/lock

I can't recall if Firebird/Firefox shares Mozilla's settings or not, so
check both directories (if they exist).  Remember that you must include
the "-a" option to "ls" to see files that begin with ".".

> What I have noticed is that when I try to open the user manager, it
> immediately closes.

I assume you actually mean the "profile manager", not the "user
manager".

> What should I do at this point to debug this?  I figure if I can get
the
> user manager to work again, Firebird installation will probably work
> again.

Stray lock files will do that as will stalled Mozilla/Firebird/Firefox
sessions.  Don't forget to "ps ax" to see if you have any old processes
laying about after you delete the lock files.  If so, kill them before
trying to bring up the profile manager.
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