Persistent emacs.desktop lockfile

Persistent emacs.desktop lockfile

[Arne Schmitz]

Hi!

I am using GNU Emacs 22.2.1 with the desktop package. Since a few weeks (I
guess since one of the Debian updates), I always get the message that my
desktop file is being used by another emacs instance. This is untrue and I
have to acknowledge the usage of the desktop file every time I run Emacs.
How can I get this to work again flawlessly? It seems that
the .emacs.desktop.lock file remains after I quit Emacs.

Arne

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Re: Persistent emacs.desktop lockfile

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 05.06.2008 um 11:04 schrieb Arne Schmitz:

> How can I get this to work again flawlessly?

Just quit GNU Emacs, don't kill it!

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Re: Persistent emacs.desktop lockfile

[Arne Schmitz]

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Am Donnerstag, 5. Juni 2008 11:59:30 schrieben Sie:
> Am 05.06.2008 um 11:04 schrieb Arne Schmitz:
> > How can I get this to work again flawlessly?
>
> Just quit GNU Emacs, don't kill it!

I quit it regularly, with C-x C-c.

Arne

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Re: Persistent emacs.desktop lockfile

[Juanma Barranquero]

> I am using GNU Emacs 22.2.1 with the desktop package. Since a few weeks (I
> guess since one of the Debian updates), I always get the message that my
> desktop file is being used by another emacs instance. This is untrue and I
> have to acknowledge the usage of the desktop file every time I run Emacs.
> How can I get this to work again flawlessly? It seems that
> the .emacs.desktop.lock file remains after I quit Emacs.

If you're sure that no two Emacs instances run at the same time, you
can perhaps work around the problem by setting
`desktop-load-locked-desktop' to t. Though you should try to
investigate why is the lock file not being deleted.

 Juanma

Re: Persistent emacs.desktop lockfile

[Arne Schmitz]

Juanma Barranquero wrote:

>> I am using GNU Emacs 22.2.1 with the desktop package. Since a few weeks
>> (I guess since one of the Debian updates), I always get the message that
>> my desktop file is being used by another emacs instance. This is untrue
>> and I have to acknowledge the usage of the desktop file every time I run
>> Emacs. How can I get this to work again flawlessly? It seems that
>> the .emacs.desktop.lock file remains after I quit Emacs.
> 
> If you're sure that no two Emacs instances run at the same time, you
> can perhaps work around the problem by setting
> `desktop-load-locked-desktop' to t. Though you should try to
> investigate why is the lock file not being deleted.

Ok, good workaround. But how do I debug the stale lock-file?

Arne

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Re: Persistent emacs.desktop lockfile

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 05.06.2008 um 18:27 schrieb Arne Schmitz:

> Ok, good workaround. But how do I debug the stale lock-file?

You could rename it ...

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