From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Arne Schmitz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Persistent emacs.desktop lockfile Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:27:43 +0200 Message-ID: <6aqifvF3909llU1@mid.dfncis.de> References: <6apohiF38u5fsU1@mid.dfncis.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212684160 10035 80.91.229.12 (5 Jun 2008 16:42:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:42:40 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 05 18:43:22 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K4IYW-0004k9-J1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:43:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45754 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K4IXj-0001FJ-Tt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:42:28 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!news.dfncis.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Trace: news.dfncis.de z1kKDs+tvyAvhiVsxkJbeA1HRjqBx7dkmr22+3dYOULj7eU63Hm2Ls0nh3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:zMiT0TlgAjSfeujkFrbcXhY867Y= User-Agent: KNode/0.10.9 X-Face: 6mEv.X1Mp:6[, p3$V>2BV2-[y=R7-3-F#w\6IA0O0rEeT^r5HIiYqFxou^+LyB)OGjl]9M#e&88ug}Q@`Qc8U9w, ``uDCO5^YUPE9.rd11vM|.miS%5}-)pt(m|)KlcB@'wRL|L"+)F{cDF03*{cja_^hq_J]C{wL|%Gr#S3j8jqB)urj#udD+Sd8\ad`H<#)io Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:159131 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:54479 Archived-At: 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 -- [--- PGP key FD05BED7 --- http://www.root42.de/ ---]