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Sometimes a lock file is left behind when using Chrome or Firefox on the Bucknell Linux systems, and this prevents these applications from starting properly. This is generally because a graphical session was ended abruptly while Chrome and/or Firefox was running; i.e. a Linux lab computer was powered off or a linuxremote FastX session was terminated due to inactivity. To remove the lock file(s):
- Login to a Linux lab computer or start a linuxremote FastX session
- Open the Terminal application
- To remove the Chrome lock files, run:
rm ~/.config/google-chrome/Singleton*
- To remove the Firefox lock file, run:
rm ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/lock
Whenever possible, be sure to logout of your Linux graphical sessions in the future so they're not abnormally terminated.