LinuxQuestions.org
Share your knowledge at the LQ Wiki.
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Software
User Name
Password
Linux - Software This forum is for Software issues.
Having a problem installing a new program? Want to know which application is best for the job? Post your question in this forum.

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 01-19-2009, 12:00 AM   #1
sparkythewondersquid
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Jan 2009
Posts: 3

Rep: Reputation: 0
Question getting a strange error


hello
I am new here and fairly new to linux and just did my first install I went with kubuntu 8.10 and I installed firefox 3.1b3 (shiretoko from repo) when I open fx I get "java script application" in the title bar and "reference error, nsbrowserstatushandler is not defined" when I close the browser and re-open it I get " firefox is already running in another application you must close it or re-start your computer" I have googled it, read books at the store and I can find nothing about this anywhere? any help out there?
 
Old 01-19-2009, 01:18 AM   #2
cheftec
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Pennsyltucky
Distribution: Debian, Ubuntu, DeLiLinux, others
Posts: 144

Rep: Reputation: 19
Hmm. Type

strace firefox

into a terminal window, and post the readout.
 
Old 01-19-2009, 12:21 PM   #3
tredegar
LQ 5k Club
 
Registered: May 2003
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Fedora40
Posts: 6,153

Rep: Reputation: 435Reputation: 435Reputation: 435Reputation: 435Reputation: 435
My suggestion is to kill the runaway firefox process:

In a terminal type this code ps -Al | grep firefox

It'll return the PID number of any firefox process running, so you can then kill it

Here's a sample output, what I typed is in bold, the PID number is red
Code:
tred@vaio:~$ ps -Al | grep firefox
0 S  1005  6593  6417  0  80   0 -   443 -      ?        00:00:00 firefox-2
0 S  1005  6609  6605  2  80   0 - 41248 -      ?        00:00:30 firefox-2-bin
tred@vaio:~$ kill 6593
tred@vaio:~$ kill 6609
tred@vaio:~$ ps -Al | grep firefox
tred@vaio:~$                   <- See? No firefoxes are running now
Then try restarting firefox from the terminal, so you can see any error messages. I am not sure what your firefox is called, so we'll let bash help us with auto-completion. In this next bit of code <TAB> means "Press the TAB key on your keyboard", the rest of the firef____ will be auto completed, then just press <RETURN> so you'll know what it is called
(as you can see mine is firefox-2 so that's what I type to start it)
Code:
tred@vaio:~$ which firef<TAB><RETURN>
/usr/bin/firefox-2
tred@vaio:~$ firefox-2
And welcome to LQ!

Last edited by tredegar; 01-19-2009 at 12:24 PM.
 
Old 01-20-2009, 08:14 AM   #4
sparkythewondersquid
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Jan 2009
Posts: 3

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 0
Cool thank you

that does work ps -u kill 5671 (firefox-3.1) and on re-start I do not get the error if I, again close and try to open from launcher I do get the error again I would really like to know what it means
 
Old 01-20-2009, 08:37 AM   #5
tredegar
LQ 5k Club
 
Registered: May 2003
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Fedora40
Posts: 6,153

Rep: Reputation: 435Reputation: 435Reputation: 435Reputation: 435Reputation: 435
If you don't get the error when you start FF from the terminal, but you do when you start it from "the launcher", then there is something wrong with "the launcher".

Are you using KDE4.x ? If so, remember that it is still "under development" and buggy.

This is one of the many reasons I have stuck with kubuntu 8.04 - it's stable, supported and works well.
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
strange error simasimon Slackware 4 03-15-2006 09:14 PM
A strange error about c++ icoming Programming 5 10-04-2004 08:55 PM
ps gives me a strange error costasm Linux - Software 6 12-03-2003 08:22 AM
Strange Error..Please HELP!!! skate Linux - Newbie 2 11-23-2003 09:10 AM
2.2 strange error svar Linux - General 0 08-21-2003 02:46 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Software

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:44 AM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration