Firefox doesn't close correctly, but still working in hidden way, unable to lauch firefox again, system asks to close firefox or restart computer before launching firefox again

Bug #601959 reported by jevgtv
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

I guess, the problem starts after firefox has upgraded from 3.6.3 to 3.6.6

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 5 19:07:18 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 firefox-gnome-support N/A
 firefox-branding 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_AU.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
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Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 firefox-gnome-support N/A
 firefox-branding 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
Package: firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_AU.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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jevgtv (tugevus) wrote :
tags: added: apport-collected
description: updated
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jevgtv (tugevus) wrote : Dependencies.txt

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jevgtv (tugevus) wrote : ExtensionSummary.txt

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jevgtv (tugevus) wrote : profile_default_pluginreg.dat.txt

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jevgtv (tugevus) wrote : profiles.ini.txt

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security vulnerability: yes → no
visibility: private → public
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akshay shah (axe-s86) wrote :

i received the same error after i added ant video downloader(add-on) and removed it again.
my distro is ubuntu 10.10

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papukaija (papukaija) wrote :

The error message should go away if you wait for a short moment. Are you able to restart FF , say about 30 secends after seeing the error message (you can see system control to see when the firefox process disappears)?

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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papukaija (papukaija) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 693396, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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