Mayank is right, You can also try it out in two steps
search for the process ps -A | grep 'firefox-bin' it will return a process id then do kill process id Thanks Sauarabh --- In [email protected], uma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi GV, > > Restarting machine may not solve ur problem, issue is with the lock > file, '.parentlock'. It is stored in profile folder. > may be u need to check with the access rights of the current profile > folder of firefox. > > > thanks, > uma.. > > > gv wrote: > > Friends i have a strange problem with firefox > > > > Its working for only one day or one time. > > > > when i starts firefox it seems to be started but its not, when i tries again > > it says Firefox is already running you must close the application or restart > > your system. > > > > even after restarting the system same problem again. > > when i remove the mozilla folder in my home directory ( rm -fr ~/.mozilla ) > > its working, but after restarting again same problem. > > > > can any one known whats going with this > > > > mine is FC8 ( gnome desktop ) > > and firefox is latest version that i install using yum > > > > >
