[aclug-L] Re: unlocking lock files

[Nate Bargmann <n0nb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 03:43:16AM -0500, Michael Holmes wrote:
> 
> First thing I tried.   Also KDe/console/lock
> No luck, I was so happy to have sound, for one night!

Hmmm.  Have you checked the permissions on that file?  Could it be
that it's marked read only or some such?  I'm curious what KDE/console/
lock does...that sounds like a password protection of your computer,
not a program "locking" a device with a lock file to prevent other
programs from using said device or a program designed to remove stale
locks, but I could be wrong as I've used KDE very little.

Generally a lock file lives in /var/lock and is the name of the device
being locked and its contents are the PID of the process that "owns"
the device.  If you locate database is setup you can use locate audio
and see if you can find the file or use the find command (the exact
syntax escapes me).

- Nate >>

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