How to manully unlock file lock?

Hey guys,

I had to force kill the yast, however, it didn’t had chance to unlock the files it lockes while it workes. I know there is a way to manully unlock them, but don’t know how to do it.

Glowfoto :: Photo Sharing

Thanks in advance.

Yaşar Arabacı

As su -

kill -9 19066

On 2010-12-19 21:06, yasar11732 wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I had to force kill the yast, however, it didn’t had chance to unlock
> the files it lockes while it workes. I know there is a way to manully
> unlock them, but don’t know how to do it.
>
> ‘Glowfoto :: Photo Sharing’ (http://tinyurl.com/3yzmnoc)

You have to check that the program it says (with PID) is not running. If it
is not, then look under /var/lock/ to see if it left a lock file and remove it.

Note: next time, don’t use glowfoto. It times out and revert to the main
page, I have to click back several times to see the photo.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

On 2010-12-19 22:06, caf4926 wrote:
>
> As su -
>
> kill -9 19066

It is not correct to start with a kill -9. You should first try a normal
kill, and only if that does not work, change to -9, which will leave broken
files and such behind.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)