Upgrade from etch to Lenny stopped Iceweasel

[Chandrayan]

I've recently upgraded from Debian etch to Debian Lenny.

However, Iceweasel does not open now. Upion clicking the icon repeatedly, I get the message similar to :- "Iceweasel is already running. Please close other windows or reboot"

I have tried the following without success :-

1) Under iceweasel/iceweasl all entries read APPLICATION_ID = Iceweasel instead of APPLICATION_ID = firefox.

2) I tried to find lock files or parentlock files that lockout iceweasel, and prevent it from launching a new window. I didn't \find any such files under ~/.mozilla.

3) I installed the latest updates and upgrades to lenny.

If it may be of any help --> Despite upgrading to Lenny from etch, and installing all updates, my Debian version still shows "etchnhalf", when I run the command to display the version.

[GNU-Fan]

Have you tried to run Iceweasel from the command line?
The text usually gives a little more feedback.

[loopback]

Don't know what your problem is but this has helped me in the past. Open Synaptic and delet Iceweasel. Then reinstall it. Like I say, this procdure has helped with many apps. Give it a try.

[Chandrayan]

Hi again. GNU-Fan, I'll try your suggestion first and if nothing works at all, then I'll try loopback's suggestion.

However, I'd also like to learn why whatever I did, worked at other places, but not in mine (I came across those solutions after searching many internet forums). I guess this answer would be more important.

[gismamit]

Don't know what your problem is but this has helped me in the past. Open Synaptic and delet Iceweasel. Then reinstall it. Like I say, this procdure has helped with many apps. Give it a try.

Glad to hear you're using this: I plan to keep it much more aggressively up-to-date than has been the case in the past, but don't hesitate to let me know if you find errors or need clarifications.

[Chandrayan]

I executed iceweasel -x on the command prompt. The output was nothing, i.e. the command prompt reappeared again.

[chris81]

I've recently upgraded from Debian etch to Debian Lenny.

However, Iceweasel does not open now. Upion clicking the icon repeatedly, I get the message similar to :- "Iceweasel is already running. Please close other windows or reboot"

have you tried the following :

1 - logout / reboot
2 - once done pidof 'iceweasel'

if the step 2 gives you a number (like 3456), then kill it :

sudo kill -9 3456

(it will kill the process, as root)

if you didn't get any pid at the step 2 and still see the message ("Iceweasel is already running ...") then the trouble is probably not iceweasel.

if you got a pid at the step 2, killed it and tryed to restart iceweasel, but still see the message, then repeat the step 2 and the kill thing, once done do

sudo apt-get remove iceweasel

(it will uninstall iceweasel, as root)

logout / reboot

if you still see the message then we are sure that it's not from iceweasel

if things seems to be okay, then you can install iceweasel by typing :

sudo apt-get install iceweasel

(it will install iceweasel, as root)

hope this helped.
chris81

[Chandrayan]

Hi Chris81. I've done what you suggested. After rebooting, executing pidof does not result in anything (I just get the command prompt again). Then on clicking the iceweasel icon on the tray, nothing happens. Only when I repeatedly click on the icon very fast for a few times, do I get an alert saying, "Iceweasel is already running ... etc...etc..".

As I mentioned previously, all this happened after I updated from etch-n-half to Lenny. Before doing this, iceweasel ran properly. Also, a version query still shows "etch-n-half" instead of "Lenny".

[Chandrayan]

I had posted another (though unrelated) problem here before. Could it also be indirectly responsible for Iceweasel not working ?

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/deb...penoffice.html

[Chandrayan]

I'm writing this post from the Iceweasel running on my Debian system.

I just uninstalled and re-installed Iceweasel, and it is working excellently. What's more, an Adobe Flash plugin that I'd installed and was not working, has "magically" started functioning.

However, for the purpose of enhancing knowledge, I'd still like to know :-

1) why weren't there any lock files being created
2) why wasn't pidof iceweasel returning any result

and most importantly,

3) how did uninstallation and reinstallation do the trick ?