Firefox problem

[Phil]

On 29/01/13 20:39, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 29/01/13 21:36, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> 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
>>
>
> That should be, of course, /home/xxxxx/.mozilla/......
>

Thanks Basil,

I renamed .mozilla just after I posted my plea for help and of course 
that got it going. I should have tried that first before asking for help.

There isn't a lock file but what I will do is add each of the old 
directories until Firefox fails again. The old files contain 13 years of 
links and various add-ons. I'd really like to recover the links.

-- 
Regards,
Phil