Google Chrome, Firefox, Chromium profile locked (Linux)
Got a message that your Google Chrome, Firefox, or Chromium Profile is in use by another process on another computer? (Linux OS)
Perhaps you launched a browser from the Applications menu, and then it appears to start and stop without any error pop-up. Try starting the program from the command line and you may see an error message indicating what the problem is...
Linux in our labs often has central home directories. If a browser is not shutdown properly a locked profile can be the result.
To fix a locked profile follow the instructions below:
Firefox: (remove the lock/parentlock files in the profile directory)
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- Open a terminal (command line)
- Execute: rm -rf ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/lock && rm -rf ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/parentlock
- Try opening the program again. firefox
Chromium:
- Open a terminal (command line)
- Execute: rm -rf ~/.config/chromium/Singleton*
- Try opening the program again. chromium-browser
Google Chrome:
- Open a terminal (command line)
- Execute: rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome/Singleton*
- Try opening the program again. google-chrome
That should get you going again...