Firefox problem

[Basil Chupin]

On 29/01/13 21:27, Phil wrote:
> Thank you for reading this tale of woe.
>
> I reinstalled Kubuntu after a data loss disaster and now I have this 
> Firefox problem. The error message reads:
>
> "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."
>
> Firefox is not actually running but something in the system thinks 
> that it is. Restarting the system does not help.
>
> It is very likely that I've created this problem after restoring the 
> backup. I think I had Firefox running during the restore process.
>
> Can anyone offer any suggestions?
>
Have a look in /.mozilla/firefox/XXXXX.default and see if the "!lock" 
file is there. If it is delete it (as root).

BC

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