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

[Courtney Thomas]

Geoffrey wrote:
> 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.
> 

Thank you Geoffrey. That was it.

Courtney