Eric Dorland wrote:
* Helge Hafting ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Package: mozilla-firefox
Version: 1.0.7-1
Severity: important
I tried to start firefox twice. The first start apparently crashed somehow,
the second one wnated me to "choose profile" because the default user
was in use already.
I can't get out of this. "ps aux" confirms no firefoxes running.
Logging out of X and in again did not help either.
Removing .moxilla/ .mozilla-firefox/ and .firefox/ didn't help either.
I couldn't see anything obvious in /tmp either, so I have no idea
what keeps firefox thinking there is a running instance.
It's strange that this wouldn't solve the problem. All the profile
data is in .mozilla. Can you try purging the package and reinstalling?
Thanks, it is working now. I really should have thought of this.
Also, I cannot see why firefox should bother implementing its own "multiuser"
system. The operating system does that already, that part could perhaps be
made optional, to be compiled only on single-user platforms. That'd make
for a leaner firefox. Or if could be removed
outright - it doesn't seem useful. (I can see how it might have been
useful in the old days, when mozilla web & mail was the same app.
But now it is just web, and the "multiuser" thing could be left to
mail apps that may have to access several accounts.)
I do tend to agree with this sentiment. I don't think there's a way to
disable it however (and even if I did, I'm sure others would complain
they like it).
There is always the #ifdef way of making it optional - it could be
some work though.
Helge Hafting
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