Firefox does not start

Question

i am using Duke 64 bit. 50% of the times firefox just does not start. i had the same problem in 2.0.0.3 and now it is 2.0.0.4 but problem is not solved. when i use command "firefox" in X Terminal, cursor just goes to the next line without doing anything and when i do "ps -x" i can see firefox was *already* running  but i do not see any windows of firefox. STRANGE.......this is from my terminal:
[arnuld@arch ~]$ ps -x
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
6042 tty2     S      0:00 -bash
6050 tty2     S+     0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startx
6066 tty2     S+     0:00 xinit /home/arnuld/.xinitrc -- -auth /home
6073 tty2     S      0:00 wmaker
6074 tty2     S      0:00 wmaker --for-real
6699 ?        Ss     0:00 /bin/sh /opt/mozilla/bin/firefox
6703 ?        S      0:00 /bin/sh /opt/mozilla/lib/firefox-2.0.0.4/r
6708 ?        Sl     0:00 /opt/mozilla/lib/firefox-2.0.0.4/firefox-b
6714 ?        S      0:00 /usr/lib/GConf/gconfd-2 12
6728 ?        Ss     0:00 urxvt
6729 pts/0    Ss     0:00 -bash
6733 pts/0    R+     0:00 ps -x
see, firefox is already running but i do not see any firefox window in my Windowmaker. i have also tried "wmii" and "larswm".
[arnuld@arch ~]$ firefox
[arnuld@arch ~]$ firefox
[arnuld@arch ~]$ firefox
[arnuld@arch ~]$ firefox
NOTICE:  it does not do anything here :-(
[arnuld@arch ~]$ ps -x
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
6042 tty2     S      0:00 -bash
6050 tty2     S+     0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startx
6066 tty2     S+     0:00 xinit /home/arnuld/.xinitrc -- -auth /home/arnuld/.serverauth.6050
6073 tty2     S      0:00 wmaker
6074 tty2     S      0:00 wmaker --for-real
6699 ?        Ss     0:00 /bin/sh /opt/mozilla/bin/firefox
6703 ?        S      0:00 /bin/sh /opt/mozilla/lib/firefox-2.0.0.4/run-mozilla.sh /opt/mozilla/lib/firefox-2.0.0.4/
6708 ?        Sl     0:02 /opt/mozilla/lib/firefox-2.0.0.4/firefox-bin
6714 ?        S      0:00 /usr/lib/GConf/gconfd-2 12
6728 ?        Ss     0:00 urxvt
6729 pts/0    Ss     0:00 -bash
6746 ?        Ss     0:00 emacs
6795 pts/0    R+     0:00 ps -x
[arnuld@arch ~]$
i have to use "kill -9 PID" to kill all those 3 firefox-processes. this happens with me everyday when i try to access firefox. any solution ?

Answer 1

ourcach wrote:
My firefox does not start.
when i run it it asks if i wawnt to start a new session and when i click on any of the choices it hangs and nothing happens.
even in safe mode when it is supposed to start it stil hangs and no window is oppened...
this happened when i updated to firefox 2.0.0.4...
Make sure firefox is actually stopped (check "ps axww" output for it). Kill it if it's still running somewhere.
Check your firefox profile area for files named "lock" and ".parentlock". Delete them if you find any.