Thunderbird

Riddick · 12-18-2005, 05:30 PM

Dear All,
I have a thunderbird 1.02 installation that is now refusing to start one
profile because it says that the chosen profile is in use!

How do I change this?

I have removed the lockfile from /home/lo/thunderbird/default
but it is insisting!

Please help, or my Mum will kill me!

Riddick

IBall · 12-18-2005, 08:32 PM

Run

Code:

ps aux | grep thunderbird

This will allow you to see if there are any instances of Thunderbird still running, and then you can quit them using

Code:

kill processIDNumber

I hope this helps, and I am sure your mum wont kill you

--Ian

Riddick · 12-19-2005, 04:06 AM

tried that - it's not running!

Heeeeelp!!!

/bin/bash · 12-19-2005, 04:21 AM

Look for a lock file in the thunderbird directory and delete it.
find ~/.thunderbird -name "*lock*" -print

Riddick · 12-19-2005, 12:01 PM

it was writing permissions in the folder!

/bin/bash · 12-20-2005, 09:38 PM

Sometimes when I have a problem starting a program I will start it from an xterm. This way I get more feedback and error reporting. Many times this helps to solve the problem.