I've got 10.10.10 over here and also since I upgraded to 3.6.23 I got exactly the same issue. When I tried to shut down, a message box prompted me that firefox-bin wasn't shut down proparly and I had to kill the process or force a shut down. Also when I closed Firefox and I tried to start it again it prompted that Firefox was already running.
The "lock" file seen to be a hyper link to an non existing target (broken). After I've deleted this and the ".parentlock" file, Firefox did close down properly again and could start it as normal after I've closed it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875538 Title: [Firefox 3.6.23] Impossible to open firefox because firefox-bin process is still running Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After upgrading firefox to version 3.6.23 few days ago, firefox does not work properly. At firt use after computer starting, firefox works well. It is possible to close firefox without any issue. But at second starting, firefox indicates it is impossible to launch firefox because firefox-bin process is still running. The workaround is to restart the computer, or simply kill the firefox-bin process. This behaviour happened right after upgrading firefox to version 3.6.23, and is systematic with the profil user I use (it's an admin user). I tested with another profil (non admin) on the computer: The problem has not been reproduced. System is 10.04 LTS (kernel 2.6.32-33 generic) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/875538/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
