new installs of linux-firefox linux-firefox-devel report that firefox is running.

[eculp at bafirst.com]

Quoting Beech Rintoul <beech at alaskaparadise.com>:

> On Saturday 13 May 2006 10:03, eculp at bafirst.com wrote:
>> Quoting Boris Samorodov <bsam at ipt.ru>:
>> > On Sat, 13 May 2006 11:11:17 -0500 eculp at bafirst.com wrote:
>> >> Quoting Boris Samorodov <bsam at ipt.ru>:
>> >> > On Sat, 13 May 2006 08:18:58 -0500 eculp at bafirst.com wrote:
>> >> >> With new installs of linux-firefox linux-firefox-devel on two
>> >> >> different machines  both report that firefox is running.  I am
>> >> >
>> >> > You say that you only install then (btw by packages or ports?), don't
>> >> > launch them, but ps/top show them running?
>> >>
>> >> Hi Boris, thanks for your answer.
>> >>
>> >> I first deinstalled them with pkg_delete and manually (rm -rf) removed
>> >> the directries completely I then installed them from ports.  Everytime
>> >> I get the message I check to see if there is any type of firefox
>> >> running with ps -ax and now with top also.  I've seen this for several
>> >> days now and have no idea why.
>>
>> Hello Boris,
>>
>> > Which linux_base port and xlibs are you using?
>>
>> linux_base-8-8.0_14
>> linux-XFree86-libs-4.3.99.902_7
>> xorg-libraries-6.9.0
>>
>> > BTW, both native and linux firefox should use the same user's
>> > directory ~/.mozilla. try to rename (remove) it and start
>> > linux-firefox. Does it helps? Sometimes when upgrading firefox that
>> > helps.
>>
>> I'm erasing it after every test of the FreeBSD firefox and the linux
>> version doesn't even create one.
>>
>> >> >> P.S. Both boxes are running up to date current 7.0, if that matters
>> >> >> and the ports are from todays cvsup and were completely erased and
>> >> >> rebuilt.
>> >
>> > So far I can't reproduse it on 6.1-RC. Linux-firefox is strting and
>> > shutting down correctly.
>>
>> I'm running 7.0 with cvsup and build from this morning.
>>
>> Thanks again for your help,
>
> Look in your /compat/linux directories. Somewhere in there is a parent.lock
> remove that and linux-firefox will start. Sorry, I don't remember exactly
> where that file is.

Hi Beech,

Yes that was it.  The good news is that I cleaned up a lot of old 
.something files while searching for that lock.  I have to remember 
compat/linux.

Thanks again,

ed