Firefox weird problem?

jmr0311 · 12-03-2005, 01:57 PM

I have a little problem with Firefox in my system. Everytime I want to launch Firefox the little "Choose User Profile"window pops out asking me to select a profile. I select the default one but another window comes out to tell me this;

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Firefox cannot use the profile"default" because it is in use.Please choose another profile or create a new one.

I was choosing to create a new profile but linux doesn't allow Firefox to copy the new profile in the directory that it belongs, which is (.mozilla) because is a hidden directory. Does anyone has any idea how to correct this problems.

Jose

XavierP · 12-03-2005, 07:42 PM

Go to ~/.mozilla/firefox/<randomfigures>.default and look for an icon with a padlock on it. Delete that locked file and then restart Firefox.

ipodlinux · 12-03-2005, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jmr0311

I have a little problem with Firefox in my system. Everytime I want to launch Firefox the little "Choose User Profile"window pops out asking me to select a profile. I select the default one but another window comes out to tell me this; I was choosing to create a new profile but linux doesn't allow Firefox to copy the new profile in the directory that it belongs, which is (.mozilla) because is a hidden directory. Does anyone has any idea how to correct this problems.

Jose

ok. You must terminate the Firefox process(or well thats what you do in windows-find something similiar to your windows task manager in Mandriva). My motherboard is fried so i cannot tell you how to terminate it. I just know thats what you probably need to do. If you can't terminate the process, just restart your computer.

jmr0311 · 12-05-2005, 06:21 AM

I looked under ( /.mozilla/firefox/xxxxx.default ) and there is around 6 different icons with the padlock on it. Which one is the one that I have to erase from those and also How could you kill any application that is running in linux, what I mean is what is the equivalent to "task manager" in Windows.

Jose

courtrrb · 12-05-2005, 11:25 AM

Look for a file called lock.
It's a link pointing to you local ip address
Thats the one you want to delete

jmr0311 · 12-05-2005, 05:50 PM

I delete the file but my problem still exist. Is there anything else I can do?. Thank you very much for the suggestions.

Jose