From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94EFB138247 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:50:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 352F2E0B3B; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:50:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 23F91E0B15 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:50:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus3) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MUHso-1W6vNz2yhO-00RStL; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:50:42 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:50:40 -0600 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox not killing processes on close Message-ID: <20131111185040.GG32524@server> References: <527FFCC8.8060508@gmail.com> <528121C3.6000805@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <528121C3.6000805@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:gcjX6XYIA8dcM758fnhmjP2dJ4gsxWV6eDKB+rHx2TX psM225llJVV0szfSQhmYJ94aHxQucDoImCoZS/fgah1epLdOw5 I29oI1b793Z7oLoUgMK7wgs6+PmVffSI6stjJR2PefZpUcN/Ll 0qry9yCxBOxFsyQLdp4ygdoSguP196WW1461fydCr/cR0ewZKK Ha8eX7/0nhRSz0tnl6JPNM4X6uqV3Xrm/qRBHOCC7eWddaYJwP 3dXrxUM3o1xgTeIHlzuT8Eyx7f1W5iR6tMvQc2rM1k+JbkYxE/ f4B1u/38VNddBZtAtRcSuc65NyXysPx+7jySmwJd1rJ7NIutDY yPkTi7cSTJ8naAV1qfZOEoU/xW5cw6DHPycgESSer X-Archives-Salt: 492da710-ab94-4179-9fb0-25d964ebf64b X-Archives-Hash: 3f7023167caa6c10bd9fd650f4437eb2 On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 10:28:19AM -0800, Edward M wrote: > On 11/10/2013 1:38 PM, Dale wrote: > > When it does not kill correctly and I try to restart that > > session, I get the error that the session is already running. > > Hello,:-) > / > /The following article explains how to deal with "Firefox is already > running" message.hope it helps out > > "Run *strace -o ~/ff.strace firefox* and then investigated the > strace file. My hunch was that one or other file lock > wasn't being relinquished properly, perhaps from an earlier > crashed firefox process. I grepped through the log, looking for file > opens, and eventually found this:/ > open("/home/matthew/.mozilla/firefox/2z7l4uii.default/.parentlock", > O_WRONLY|O/CREAT|O/TRUNC, 0666) = 4/ > Bingo! I checked; and even with no firefox process running, > this file existed. It was an empty lock file, so I deleted it. That did > the trick --- now FireFox runs again! Couldn't you just issue: find .mozilla/firefox/ -iname '*.parentlock' 2>/dev/null rather than running strace? -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting