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Subject: Re: "Firefox is already running" problem on 6.0
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Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
> When I try to launch Firefox, I get a message reading "Firefox is
> already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you
> must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your
> system."
> 
You've probably got a stale lockfile. Search for "*lock*"