This is basically correct. But I had deleted the strangely named directory that held<br>the lock file and apparently that was the problem. I don't understand why this wasn't<br>removed and recreated during the purge/install cycle. But its good now.<br>
Thanks for replying.<br>Richard<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Chanoch (Ken) Bloom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kbloom@gmail.com">kbloom@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 05:11:55PM -0800, <a href="mailto:jdnewmil@gmail.com">jdnewmil@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
> That message indicates that a lock file is still present in a<br>
> configuration directory in your home directory. I don't use<br>
> Iceweasel, so I leave it to you to figure out which directory (I<br>
> would guess .iceweasel) and file are involved, and delete the file.<br>
<br>
</div>It's .mozilla/firefox/*/.parentlock<br>
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