Netscape gives scary message

[siqe]

I click on the netscape icon and a dialog window pops up:

"Netscape has detected a/root/.netscape/lock file.

THis may indicat that anouth user is running nescape using your /root/.netscape files. It appears to be running on host linux.local under process-ID376

You may continue to use Netscape, but you will be unavble to use disk cahe, global history, or your personal disk cahce.

Other wise you may choose cancel make sure that you are not running another Netscape navigator, delte the /root/.netscape/lock file and restart netscape"

What does it all mean?

[bleg26]

That usually means Netscape didn't shutdown properly during a previous run. Type 'top' or 'gtop'(if you have GNOME) and look for that process ID. If it is running you need to kill that process. If it is not running delete the file the error message.

[Luthor]

Are you logging in as root?

That is not such a good idea for many reasons...

Otherwise, bleg26 has it right.



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[demian]

kill -9 376

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif!!That's what netscape deserves!! http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

[manual_overide]

if you don't want to look up PIDs or anything, just type:

killall -9 netscape

much more effective. Especially if you have many instances of netscape.

[cs25x]

there is a lock file :: ~/.netscape/lock
rm that.
It is there because you dont want more than one netscape running at the same time. If you crash that will get left behind. Sometimes hitting ^@backspace will do the same thing.

being a /root/.netscape/lock file means you are running as root. That is a different story. give yourself a user account and use it, improve your security.

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[jjjj]

I don't know if this is your problem, but when I first used Netscape I got that message. It was because I double clicked on it, because I was used to windows. I started only clicking on it once, so it would only open once, and never got that message again.

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[camelrider]

The command is:
rm /root/.netscape/lock
rm will ask you for confirmation. Hit "y <enter>"

Then try to only go online as a user as being online as root is a severe security risk!

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