Firefox problem

[Basil Chupin]

On 29/01/13 21:47, Phil wrote:
> 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.

I am assuming that what you mean by "13 years of links" are the 
bookmarks in which case that is easy to get them back. Read this:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox


BC

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