ubtunu打开firefox_ubuntu下无法打开firefox

Sometimes when you try to start Firefox, it warns you that Firefox

is already running. The message looks like this:

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.

Usually, you can just kill the firefox process to solve this

problem. For example, on Linux the command “ps auxwww | grep

firefox” will find the process number and then “kill

[processnumber]” will work fine. But sometimes things are more

horked than usual. That happened to me today, surprise

surprise  Here’s how to fix

the deeper problem:

Step 1. Find your profile. This page tells you how

to find

the location of your Firefox profile. Under Linux (e.g.

Ubuntu), it will be at ~/.mozilla/firefox/[Profile name]/ .

Step 2. Remove the lock files. This page tells

you what the lock

files are for Firefox on Windows/Linux/Mac. Under Unix/Linux,

you’ll need to remove two files “lock” and “.parentlock” .

I haven’t had this happen before today, but it can happen if (for

example) someone turns your computer off while Firefox is

running.