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bl00mie
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 Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:26 pm Post subject: mozilla thunderbird |
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Let me preface this by saying the problem is happening on an ubuntu system... but their forum is confusing and I couldn't find the right place to ask this question, so I came back home where I was more comfortable.
I'm having problems with mozilla-thunderbird. I installed it as one typically would. it ran fine for several days/weeks and then stopped. When I try to run it, i get a pop-up:
| Quote: | | Mozilla-Thunderbird is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Mozilla-Thunderbird process, or restart your system. |
$ ps -aux | grep underbird
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I found some recomendations saying I should delete all the .parentlock files in appropriate home directories. I did, still no dice.
finally, I decided to delete the entire .mozilla-thunderbird directory (for every user), uninstall thunderbird, reboot, and re-install.... same error.
what am I missing? |
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sonicbhoc
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| killall thunderbird? |
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kornhs4
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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"lsof | grep underbird" lists all files which thunderbird has open. Maybe you can find the lock file you search for. Otherwise make a find / -name .parentlock to find out where the file lies.
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bl00mie
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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don't know what changed, but it works now. 
there weren't any thunderbird processes, but i never did the lsof before it started working.
There weren't any .parentlock files on the entire system. anyway, thanks for your suggestions. |
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