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Re: [LUG] Firefox suddenly stopped working on my Ubuntu Feist Fawn PC!

 

On Monday 11 June 2007 17:40, Anton Channing wrote:
> I just got back from work and booted my PC,
> and as usual started Thunderbird and Firefox.
> Well, I managed to start Thunderbird anyway!
>
> Firefox initially had a strange message about
> restoring a session.  I said yes to this the
> first time, but it just hung.  Eventually after
> several minutes it was still hung, although it
> had managed to render the titlebar.  I closed
> it.
>
> I then attempted to start it again.  This time
> I opted not to restore.  After all, I know my
> previous sessions weren't important.  But it
> still hung.  After several more minutes and a
> little playing around with the strange effects
> you can create with a hung window if you move
> it about the desktop, I decided to reboot.  I
> have rebooted but Firefox is doing the same
> thing again!
>
> I really am stuck on this one.  Anyone had a
> similar problem or have any idea how to fix it?
>
> I am running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn.
>
> Anton

>>From a command line - 

killall -9 firefox-bin

That should do the trick.
I have a little shell script on my desktop containing that very line for when 
FF decides I have a session already open (when I don't). 

Mark

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