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On Monday 11 June 2007 17:40, Anton Channing wrote: > I just got back from work and booted my PC, > and as usual started Thunderbird and Firefox. > Well, I managed to start Thunderbird anyway! > > Firefox initially had a strange message about > restoring a session. I said yes to this the > first time, but it just hung. Eventually after > several minutes it was still hung, although it > had managed to render the titlebar. I closed > it. > > I then attempted to start it again. This time > I opted not to restore. After all, I know my > previous sessions weren't important. But it > still hung. After several more minutes and a > little playing around with the strange effects > you can create with a hung window if you move > it about the desktop, I decided to reboot. I > have rebooted but Firefox is doing the same > thing again! > > I really am stuck on this one. Anyone had a > similar problem or have any idea how to fix it? > > I am running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. > > Anton >>From a command line - killall -9 firefox-bin That should do the trick. I have a little shell script on my desktop containing that very line for when FF decides I have a session already open (when I don't). Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html