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Apache uwu
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Wow I am just so pissed from using ubuntu in virtual mode.

Let me explain, while creating some stuff in php I accidentally created a infinite loop of html information.

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while ($server=$_POST) {
	echo $server;
}

While viewing this in firefox it lagged out so I used:

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killall firefox-bin

In the terminal, after tweaking the script I tried to restart firefox. However it had that error where it said that it was already running. Searching up on this problem I concluded that it was "locked" and required me to delete a certain file or files in a certain directory.

Since there wasn't that convenient url box in the explorer I could not access "~/.mozilla/" I assumed ~ meant my home folder but in the home folder .mozilla did not exist. I even used cd/ls to see if it did show up.

So now I can't continue testing because I can't open firefox and vm has no access to the internet.

Anyone a ubuntu nerd that can help me?

•Want to get a url box for that file manager/explorer
•Want to get firefox working

That's really a reason why I don't use ubuntu as my main system, because I have no idea how to use it. There are just so many small little errors that I don't know how to solve. However in windows nothing uses command prompt -- and if there are errors there are many support topics on the internet. When I was searching up my error I just got lots of solutions for the windows operating system.

I have to use ubuntu because the virtual private host is using a linux distro -- also window vps' are stupid.

Also I find it annoying that when I set 2gb of ram ubuntu changes it's appearance and uses more ram. When I set it at 1gb it lags, and when I set it at 2 it shows that annoying sidemenu and lags even more.
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Lee
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1. right click on the folder tab and select copy

IMG:https://i.imgur.com/CNJbp.png


2. you can either try ctrl+h in the file viewer or add the -a flag in ls to view hidden folders. You should however verify that ~/.mozzila/firefox exists by doing a simple

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ls ~/.mozzila/firefox

for example, on my machine, my current profile is ej5l8m3w.default, and within that folder, you will find two lock files (lock and .parentlock, the first is link to a port and corresponds to a mutex on that socket descriptor, the second is probably just a pthread mutex).



However, if that directory does not exist, then firefox may be configured to behave a bit differently than expected. The thing to notice here is that there is a firefox directory somewhere within the path, so we need to look for a .parentlock whose path contains the string firefox

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find ~ -name .parentlock | grep "firefox"

if that doesn't work, try searching /

after which, rm both lock and .parentlock.

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Apache uwu
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I accidentally deleted the default folder and in rage I ended up deleting the whole mozilla folder

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rm -rf .mozilla

And it worked, -- very surprised ..

Thanks for the tutorial...can I get the damn uri/url box to show in the file manager?
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