Bug#589474: /usr/bin/firefox: after a crash it is terrible. firefox not working again. A fix asap PLEASE !!!!

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 01:40:14PM +0200, yellow protoss wrote:
> Dear Sir,
> 
> If you kill -9 the process, one cannot run firefox since it is locked. You
> can make some trials. it would certainly give same result. The only way is
> to do :
> rm -rf .mozilla
> but you loose all you bookmarks :(

Just remove .mozilla/firefox/$profile/.parentlock.

> Surely it is a reproducing bug :(

Not here, not even when I kill -9.
My guess is that the filesystem you're using must somehow keep the file
lock on .parentlock. Can you run the following command when iceweasel
won't start, and send the /some/file here:
  strace -f -o /some/file iceweasel

Mike