Firefox 1.5 complains that it is already running

[Aaron Peterson]

On 12/27/05, Rob <europa100 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I compiled Firefox 1.5 from ports but when attempting to start it I get
> the error message:
>
> "Firefox is already running, but is not responding.  To open a new
> window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart
> your system."
>
> I could not find any Firefox or Mozilla type of process running.
> I am starting it from a terminal and I get no error messages there.
> Ending Xorg and then starting it again does not help.
>
> Finally Firefox was compiled with -o -pipe -mtune=pentium4, so I doubt
> if there would be any problem with the build.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Rob Lytle
>
> ps.  Mozilla runs OK, but I had to turn off java and javascript, and
> also block pop-up windows in order to stop the occasional 100% cpu
> usage and zombie processes.

There is probably a file named "lock" somewhere under the .mozilla
directory in you home directory.  Usually these are left behind when
firefox has exited uncleanly.  Remove the "lock" file and all should
be back to normal...

Aaron

find ~/.mozilla -iname lock