when i want to start firefox, there is a communicat: Firefox is already started etc.

[jakub Aleks.]

Po zamknięciu programu, chcę go uruchomić ponownie- lecz nie mogę- pokazuje mi , że "Firefox is already started...". Żeby go odpalić muszę zabić jego proces w monitorze systemu. Jest tam napisane przy procesie firefox "uśpiony". Zdarzało mi się to kiedyś na windowsie, ale rzadko- na ubuntu zdarza się ostatnio notorycznie.

After close of program, I want to start it again- but i can't- It shows me : Firefox is already started, please close program or restart your's system. i must to open a "Monitor systemu"(in polish, in English it's maybe System Monitor??) and close(terminate) firefox process- in "stan" show's me "uśpiony"- I cant translate it, but it's something like "sleeping".
Sorry for my english.

You are using Ubuntu 11.04
                - the Natty Narwhal - released in April 2011 and supported until October 2012.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: firefox 3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-31.62-generic 2.6.35.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-31-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Dec 10 14:47:34 2011
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
 firefox-branding 3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pl_PL:en
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

sudo killall -9 firefox-bin

If you still have the issue, Look at your profile folder in ~/.mozilla/firefox/<somerandomsequenceofcharacters> and delete 'lock' and/or 'parent.lock' files (they may be hidden files).

[Alexandru Bogdan (alexandru-bh)]

If the problem persist try to reinstall Firefox.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Maverick reached EOL on April 10, 2012.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

I've tried recreating this bug with Oneiric and was unable to, given the information you've provided. Please either a) upgrade and test or b) increase the verbosity of the steps to recreate it so we can try again.

Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.
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