I am now running a clean install of Ubuntu 16. The fault appears to be cleared on this system.
$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial On Thu, 2018-06-28 at 10:35 +0000, Paul White wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity > to > look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many > changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your > problem > may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot > if > you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. > > When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated > logs by running only once: > > apport-collect 1498428 > > and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue. > > ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498428 Title: Clicking a link in an email gets 'firefox is already running' error Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This is not a consistent problem, but occurs frequently. When I click a link in, for instance, an email I get an error message 'Firefox is already running' and the link does not open. Killing firefox and clicking the link when it is not running is OK. I also cannot always kill firefox from my own user id. See below: xxxx@w500:~$ killall -9 firefox firefox(29317): Operation not permitted firefox: no process found xxxx@w500:~$ sudo !! sudo killall -9 firefox [sudo] password for xxxx: xxxx@w500:~$ [NPAPI 31210] ###!!! ABORT: Aborting on channel error.: file /build/firefox-yz6GCb/firefox-40.0.3+build1/ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp, line 1659 [NPAPI 31210] ###!!! ABORT: Aborting on channel error.: file /build/firefox-yz6GCb/firefox-40.0.3+build1/ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp, line 1659 lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Release: 14.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: firefox 40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-49.65~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt15 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-49-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: raph 2080 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC29: raph 2038 F.... panel-4-mixer /dev/snd/controlC0: raph 2038 F.... panel-4-mixer raph 2080 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20150826185918 Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Tue Sep 22 11:55:54 2015 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback IncompatibleExtensions: English (GB) Language Pack - [email protected] English (South Africa) Language Pack - [email protected] Hebrew (IL) Language Pack - [email protected] Default - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd} InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-03 (110 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.254 dev eth0 proto static 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.109 metric 1 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.110 metric 9 MostRecentCrashID: bp-d6f07efe-631c-48bd-bcff-51d852150427 Plugins: Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so PrefSources: prefs.js Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=40.0.3/20150826185918 RunningIncompatibleAddons: True SourcePackage: firefox SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-d6f07efe-631c-48bd-bcff-51d852150427 bp-a1e63f24-f0b0-4f6d-b0a7-546b92150427 bp-d4405603-b1ad-4bfe-a493-c04992150426 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/09/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 6FET56WW (2.02 ) dmi.board.name: 4063A46 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 1780238 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6FET56WW(2.02):bd01/09/2009:svnLENOVO:pn4063A46:pvrThinkPadW500:rvnLENOVO:rn4063A46:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 4063A46 dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W500 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1498428/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
