First off, there is a new SL_firefox_parentlock_fix in the testing area. I messed up a bit on my update, but I've fixed the fix, and double checked it. It's at ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/40rolling/testing/i386/RPMS/browsers/SL_firefox_parentlock_fix-1.0-7.noarch.rpm But here's a problem. It wasn't working for me today, getting the usual pop-up box that says "Thunderbird is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Thunderbird process, or restart your system." So, I check my script, find the bug in it (which is now fixed), fix the bug, and ... the same thing happen's. Same pop-up box before thunderbird fails. So I put debug statements into my S01parentlock script, and found that I actually am removing the .parentlock file, only to have it made again. Here is some output --looking at the file by hand -- before I run thunderbird bash-3.00$ date Wed Oct 4 08:55:55 CDT 2006 bash-3.00$ ls -lh .parentlock -rw-r--r-- 1 dawson oss 0 Oct 4 08:54 .parentlock --debug output from S01parentlock -- --I look to make sure it has found the right directory --I then do an ls of the .parentlock before I remove it --I then do an ls of the .parentlock after I remove it ************************** Wed Oct 4 08:56:04 CDT 2006 default/jtpdnzp2.slt /afs/fnal.gov/files/home/room2/dawson/.thunderbird/default/jtpdnzp2.slt/.parentlock removed parentlock ls: default/jtpdnzp2.slt/.parentlock: No such file or directory ************************** Wed Oct 4 08:56:04 CDT 2006 default/jtpdnzp2.slt /afs/fnal.gov/files/home/room2/dawson/.thunderbird/default/jtpdnzp2.slt/.parentlock removed parentlock ls: default/jtpdnzp2.slt/.parentlock: No such file or directory --looking at the file by hand -- after I run thunderbird (and it failed) bash-3.00$ date Wed Oct 4 08:56:10 CDT 2006 bash-3.00$ ls -lh .parentlock -rw-r--r-- 1 dawson oss 0 Oct 4 08:56 .parentlock I do have an 'strace -f' if anyone is curious. In the end, I remove the .parentlock file by hand, and then it worked. Since it's my regular e-mail client, I had to get some work done. Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group __________________________________________________