Firefox wont restart question?

M$ISBS · 07-03-2005, 10:44 AM

2.6.10, Slack 10, KDE
Every so often I will be browsing and firefox shuts down, it happens randomly (not always the same site). The bigger problem is that when I go to restart firefox it just hangs as if its going to start then it does not and I have to reboot to get firefox to startup again. I have tried logging out and back in as user and that does nothing.
Anyone have any idea how I can get it to restart without having to reboot?

Brian1 · 07-03-2005, 10:56 AM

As root run the command ' killall firefox '.

Brian1

Crito · 07-03-2005, 10:12 PM

Just ending my X session does it for me when that happenes. Don't know why you're having to reboot. FWIW, I have the EXACT same problem with it under Windows, so it's a 'cross-platform bug'. LOL

lashnjo · 07-03-2005, 10:24 PM

kkz, I had "swichproxie" on my window's distro and same crap happened
which of course is a firefox add on
getting to the point:
try going to safe mode on firefox
if it works fine, remove all add on's on firefox
and it should work~
if you don't have ny' add on's all I can do
is to link to you mozzila
www.mozilla.org

M$ISBS · 07-04-2005, 07:05 PM

Slack 10, 2.6.10, KDE
Last time it happend I tried " killall firefox " and I just get a message saying no processed killed, yea, I was root when I did it. ?

floppywhopper · 07-04-2005, 08:34 PM

I had that problem with firefox, but it turned out to be the pre-release version of firefox 1.00
I understand that v 1.04 is more stable and secure
maybe you should try upgrading your firefox

hope this helps
live long and prosper
floppy

M$ISBS · 07-04-2005, 09:21 PM

I am using the latest version. Is there a way to get it to start back up without having to reboot?

oneandoneis2 · 07-05-2005, 02:55 AM

Try "ps aux" - it will show you every process running on your PC. If firefox is amongst them, "kill -9" the process ID.

M$ISBS · 07-05-2005, 09:20 PM

OMG! I always thought ps -e showed all the processed running........

Thanks for the help everyone, next time this happens I will try killall -9 firefox but, When I have done ps -e every other time firefox has crashed, no firefox processes were listed but I will try ps aux next time. Thanks.

Mara · 07-06-2005, 03:29 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux-Software and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

You can also check if there's $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/default.something/lock file. If you have it when firefox is not running, it won't start. Sometimes firefox doesn't delete it (power failure etc). It may be your case.

M$ISBS · 07-21-2005, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mara
Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux-Software and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

You can also check if there's $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/default.something/lock file. If you have it when firefox is not running, it won't start. Sometimes firefox doesn't delete it (power failure etc). It may be your case.

Thanks, I will remember that next time it happens, or try to remember.

M$ISBS · 08-03-2005, 09:58 PM

Firefox simply closes and will not restart, happend 2 times this week. I looked for lock files all over but could not find any for firefox or mozilla. The only way I can get firefox to restart is by rebooting, closing X and starting it back up does not do it, logging out and back in does not do it either.
Any other ideas how I could fix this problem? I have been using mozilla with no problems but firefox has cool features, I also use opera but it has its own issues that I dont care for.
Thanks.

Kahless · 08-04-2005, 01:13 AM

You can also find firefoxes process id with:

pgrep firefox

then kill off the processes.

craigevil · 08-04-2005, 01:38 AM

"If Firefox used to work correctly, but it no longer starts when you try to run it, then this article may help."
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser_will_not_start_up

"Standard diagnostic"
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic