[ale] mozilla won't start b/c default profile is busy, HUH ?

[Geoffrey]

Courtney Thomas wrote:
> joh6nn at hotpop.com wrote:
>> mozilla products create lock files in their profile directories while
>> they're running.  you need to delete this file to be able to get mozilla
>>  to start again.  it should be .mozilla/firefox/YOURPROFILE/lock for
>> firefox; i'm not sure what it would be for mozilla.  bu sure it's the
>> lock file you delete, and NOT parent.lock
>>
>>
>> -joh6nn
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> Thanks John.
> 
> Would that be a file with a name something like... 
> ~./mozilla/default/pj4k32zr.slt ?

If you look a bit closer, you will see that the above is likely a 
directory which contains the whole of your mail files.  If you remove 
it, it will fix your problem, but also delete any and all email you have 
including any folders you've created.  I don't think that's what you 
want to do.

cd to your .mozilla directory and do the following:

find . -name 'lock' -print|xargs ls -l


You should see a lock file that is a link to another file that resembles 
your ip address.  This is likely the culprit.

As with anything else, I'd suggest that you backup the whole of your 
.mozilla directory before doing anything else.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey