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zenwalk 4.0 and firefox always running

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#1

hi every time i boot into zenwalk and try to open firefox it tells me it is already running but not responding, i have rebooted many times but it is always the same

any help would be appreciated

#2

Go to htop in your system menu (from the Dolphin on the lower panel). Kill the Firefox process(es) and tell us if that fixes it.

#3

ThinkBuntu said: Go to htop in your system menu (from the Dolphin on the lower panel). Kill the Firefox process(es) and tell us if that fixes it.

sorry but i cant find htop,is there a command i can give to kill firefox

#4

ok i resolved this with 

pkill firefox

it seems firefox did not close properly and a zombie was running everytime i booted into zenwalk..:)