Firefox window permanently cut - no links

[stichi]

Hi there,

For weeks' if been running FireFox 1.5.0.4 with no problems. Since to days I have the following problem:

When I start FireFox (gnome or kde), a window opens, but in the lower part of the window an empty space, with an red arrow or chevron "^" on left side appears. just below the level of the progress bar. This decreases the window at least by 20% and the links inside the window do not work properly.
I always have to open them in a new tab or window manually.

Did you heard already of this problem? If so, what's behind this strange behaviour.

Thank you for helping

[aysiu]

Re: Firefox window permanently cut - no links

Try this

[stichi]

Re: Firefox window permanently cut - no links

hmmm.....in general it is working. however i can start firefox only from terminal.
when clicking on the icon it states:
"FireFox already running, but is not responding. To open new window, you must first close
the existing firefox process, or restart your system"

ps -e in terminal does not show any pid refering to firefox or mozilla and restart does not help.

I am stuck, because I don´t know how to identify the corresponding process

open to any suggestions

stichi