[Fwd: Re: Firefox not working]

[Tim]

Les Mikesell:

>> Try 'strace firefox' from a terminal window, then scroll backwards
>> through the output to see if there is a failing system call that
>> makes any sense.


oldman:

>     Also try from terminal:
>     killall firefox
> 
>     As we have seen periodically that firefox crashes leaving a small 
> program running that prevents ff from starting again.

I've had one PC that I couldn't get Firefox to start up on for a few
days, and now I've just got around to having a look why.  I tried Les'
suggestion, but strace isn't on my system (and I don't know where it
comes from to install it).  I tried your suggestion, but there wasn't
anything running.  I had a look into my profile directory, and saw what
my problem was:  a "lock" file belonging to a previous session that
shouldn't be there anymore.  I deleted that, and I could run Firefox
again.

I suspect that problem occurred when I accidentally unplugged the power
while the PC was running.  I forgot what applications were running at
the time, it rebooted without any dramas, so I never bothered to check
on whether anything needed fixing straight away.

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