-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan Allen wrote: > thunderbird now refuses to start, claiming that another instance > of thunderbird is already running. Running ps -aux | sort | more reveals > no such process, unsurprisingly, so there must be some lock file or > process-id file somewhere within the user's filestore or home directory > space that is causing the problem. > > Can anyone help me to unlock this unhappy user and tell me which file > to pull so that they can get on with their email ? Look in the user's home directory for something like: /home/username/.thunderbird/xxxxxxxx.default and there just might be the lock file that you are seeking contained within. hth - -- "The whole world is about three drinks behind." -- Humphrey Bogart -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGIkbQbi10WxsICPgRAjWRAJ44PJ836KhHsjase0S3AKFdLnHY0gCfUvW+ SOAw+kvAvoUzeSgGZkqMCNE= =ULoy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
