Ubuntu/firefox

STcomtech · 04-24-2009, 01:43 PM

Hello,
I have come across an interesting issue running ubuntu and firefox. I have not been able to consistantly replicate the problem making it all the harder to diagnose. Simply put there are times that I will close firefox and later will go to reopen firefox and I get an error telling me that firefox is already running and I need to close it before being able to start a new session. my questions are a) how do I end a firefox session if there is nothing active on the desktop for firefox b) what might be cause this kind of error in the first place?
Thanks

**Bartender** · 04-24-2009, 05:08 PM

How long did you wait before trying to restart FF? I've seen that same error message several times in Ubuntu and in Vista so I don't think it's a Linux problem...
When it happened in Vista I went into Task Manager and Firefox wasn't there. Sometimes I had to wait several minutes for the error message to go away.

STcomtech · 04-24-2009, 07:00 PM

my wait time has fluctuated the longest amount of time was somewhere around fifteen minutes. In these situations I have not seen any instances of FF in the system Monitor. thanks

neonjuice · 04-24-2009, 09:01 PM

I have also had that issue in Ubuntu and could not find firefox running anywhere. It was totally shut down, as far as I could tell. This is the first thread I have ever seen about this issue, I had assumed it was maybe myself missing something. Be interesting to ask on the ubuntu forums.

Rome5 · 04-25-2009, 12:20 AM

a. To kill firefox, from a terminal run:

Code:

sudo kill -9 $(ps -C firefox -o pid=)

b. Do you have java installed? Try opening firefox and navigating to a page that requires java, then close and restart. Error show? Do the same except avoiding java, then close and restart. Error show? Do that a few times just in case. Post back results.

STcomtech · 04-25-2009, 07:22 AM

Thanks for those tips. I'll have to try those out. I'm not sure if I have java installed or not, I'll have to check that when I get home.

04-24-2009, 01:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
STcomtech Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: ubuntu	Ubuntu/firefox Hello, I have come across an interesting issue running ubuntu and firefox. I have not been able to consistantly replicate the problem making it all the harder to diagnose. Simply put there are times that I will close firefox and later will go to reopen firefox and I get an error telling me that firefox is already running and I need to close it before being able to start a new session. my questions are a) how do I end a firefox session if there is nothing active on the desktop for firefox b) what might be cause this kind of error in the first place? Thanks

04-24-2009, 05:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bartender Mentally divergent Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chehalis, WA, USA Posts: 1,285 OS: W2K, Ubuntu 8.04	Re: Ubuntu/firefox How long did you wait before trying to restart FF? I've seen that same error message several times in Ubuntu and in Vista so I don't think it's a Linux problem... When it happened in Vista I went into Task Manager and Firefox wasn't there. Sometimes I had to wait several minutes for the error message to go away.

04-24-2009, 07:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
STcomtech Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: ubuntu	Re: Ubuntu/firefox my wait time has fluctuated the longest amount of time was somewhere around fifteen minutes. In these situations I have not seen any instances of FF in the system Monitor. thanks

04-24-2009, 09:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
neonjuice Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 113 OS: Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1. Linux Ubuntu, XP Pro	Re: Ubuntu/firefox I have also had that issue in Ubuntu and could not find firefox running anywhere. It was totally shut down, as far as I could tell. This is the first thread I have ever seen about this issue, I had assumed it was maybe myself missing something. Be interesting to ask on the ubuntu forums.

04-25-2009, 12:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
Rome5 Alternative Computing Team Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Denver.CO Posts: 311 OS: Arch linux	Re: Ubuntu/firefox a. To kill firefox, from a terminal run: Code: sudo kill -9 $(ps -C firefox -o pid=) b. Do you have java installed? Try opening firefox and navigating to a page that requires java, then close and restart. Error show? Do the same except avoiding java, then close and restart. Error show? Do that a few times just in case. Post back results. __________________ Arch64 ~ PekWM

04-25-2009, 07:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
STcomtech Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: ubuntu	Re: Ubuntu/firefox Thanks for those tips. I'll have to try those out. I'm not sure if I have java installed or not, I'll have to check that when I get home.