Delete the lock file in the user's profile, located in user's home/.mozilla/firefox/abcd123.default/
where abcd123 will be a random string nigel Scott Ledyard wrote: > About once a week, a student approaches me and says that Firefox is > broken. When you try to run Firefox, a message comes up that says that > it's already running. Re-logging in does not help. The end-of-day > reboot does! This was a problem in Edubuntu thin client 6.10 and now > in 7.04. > > When I explore (on my on PC) the stuff in > ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default (where xxxxxxxx are the 8 random > characters Firefox dreamed up when first run) I see: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/firefox/y4huipnq.default$ ls -Al > total 7312 > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 100 2007-05-08 06:18 blocklist.xml > drwx------ 2 redboot redboot 4096 2007-05-08 06:08 bookmarkbackups > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 83958 2007-05-06 19:51 bookmarks.bak > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 83958 2007-05-06 19:51 bookmarks.html > drwxr-xr-x 2 redboot redboot 12288 2007-05-08 06:54 Cache > -rw------- 1 redboot redboot 65536 2007-05-06 19:51 cert8.db > drwxr-xr-x 2 redboot redboot 4096 2007-04-30 20:50 chrome > -rw------- 1 redboot redboot 124 2007-04-30 20:50 compatibility.ini > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 136697 2007-05-03 15:13 compreg.dat > -rw------- 1 redboot redboot 17522 2007-05-08 07:04 cookies.txt > -rw------- 1 redboot redboot 348259 2007-05-04 07:57 delicious.rdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 7434 2007-05-05 17:39 downloads.rdf > drwxr-xr-x 4 redboot redboot 4096 2007-05-08 06:18 extensions > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 418 2007-05-03 15:13 extensions.cache > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 404 2007-05-03 15:13 extensions.ini > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 7828 2007-05-03 15:13 extensions.rdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 13008 2007-05-06 19:51 formhistory.dat > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 208056 2007-05-08 06:54 history.dat > -rw------- 1 redboot redboot 128 2007-05-03 10:34 hostperm.1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 1667 2007-05-03 15:13 install.log > -rw------- 1 redboot redboot 16384 2007-05-06 19:51 key3.db > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 12429 2007-05-08 06:45 localstore.rdf > lrwxrwxrwx 1 redboot redboot 18 2007-05-08 06:08 lock -> > 192.168.1.10:+5932 > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 1992 2007-05-05 17:36 mimeTypes.rdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 0 2007-05-08 06:08 .parentlock > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 26409 2007-05-08 06:47 prefs.js > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 3287 2007-04-30 20:50 search.rdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 2048 2007-05-03 15:13 search.sqlite > -rw------- 1 redboot redboot 16384 2007-04-30 20:50 secmod.db > -rw------- 1 redboot redboot 25488 2007-05-08 07:01 sessionstore.js > -rw------- 1 redboot redboot 971 2007-05-08 06:38 signons2.txt > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 2109440 2007-05-08 06:56 urlclassifier2.sqlite > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 2250348 2007-05-03 15:13 XPC.mfasl > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 103964 2007-05-03 15:13 xpti.dat > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 1801727 2007-05-06 11:06 XUL.mfasl > -rw-r--r-- 1 redboot redboot 21149 2007-05-08 06:59 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The linked file "lock" looks promising, but is that an IP:port it's > linked to? Any clues how to unlock this user? > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
