Give the command firefox from shell: $ firefox &
The console messages will tell what's happening if at all. Have u created some profile or such for the firefox. Is the problem persistent from a different user account (if the .mozilla* directory has gone bad). Have u been seeing this problem recently or since begining?? I wud suggest re-installing the same firefox if u have started seeing the problem only now. Firefox 3 may have it's own set of problems (some plugins are still not supported on it including google toolbar & delicious) - the things I miss most on ubuntu 8.04. FC9 is on its way so may want to wait for it. The distros usually have a kernel they support. Getting a later kernel may not work well. I don't know if yum/apt such tools allow u to move to a later kernel unless supported. I wud recommend upgrading the distro itself. If u can devote a partition to ubuntu then nothing like it... :) I shared recently a link on getting a custom kernel on ubuntu. Getting the .config right takes an effort - somethings may not work easily. http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_ubuntu Thx, Mynk gv wrote: > > i tried kill -9 <firefox processid > > still same problem, when i opens firefox after killing the process it > seems > to be opening, i can see hdd activity for a few seconds but its not > opening. > when i try to open again it says it is already running. > > i will try with firefox beta version > > can u guys let me known how can i install firefox beta version using yum > also i want to upgrade kernel using yum > > thank u all > > gv > > 2008/5/5 Mayank Rungta <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:mr.mynk%40gmail.com>>: > > > when it says - already running why don't u try giving - > > > > pkill firefox > > > > pkill may not be there by default > > (it is on ubuntu) u can yum install it > > > > hope this helps, > > Mynk > > > >
