Firefox is already running, but is not responding.

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  1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
    I am logging in as a regular user, whose home directory is being mounted from nfs server. When I tried to open a firefox it gave me the following error.
    "firefox is already running, but is not responding.To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system."

But if I am running as a local user or root of that system, firefox is running. I

  1. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:
    I am trying firefox to run this.

  2. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts):
    I run the following script to delete the lock files.

files=`find ~/.mozilla -name "*lock"`
for file in `echo $files`
do
    echo "removing $file..."
    rm "$file"
done

But nothing happened.

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    UTA, Arlington, Texas, USA, Dr. Wright, Course number is 5380

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Well, are there any lock files in there it's not finding? Or is firefox complaining for other reasons?

3

I have deleted all the lock files with above mentioned script.
Now, there is no lock file.
I am unable to figure out why it is complaining.

4

If it is running, but not responding, what good would removing lock files do? Maybe you should kill it?

5

I restarted the system but still it is giving the same error.
I removed lock files because this user is not local user so due to multiple instances it could cause the problem.

6

OK, thanks.

And you know that the lock files are in that directory, and go by that name?

Perhaps we could start by simplifying that code?

find ~/.mozilla -name "*lock" -exec rm -v {} \;

It's a bit more robust than using for something in `everything` to process a list of things.

7

Yes, I know about it. But even after removing the lock files, I am unable to access firefox.

8

Have you actually checked to see if a Firefox process is running:

ps -ef  | grep firefox
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Yes Its working now. I performed " service nfslock restart " on server.
Thanks everyone for help.

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