Start-up Problem

[John Reynolds]

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- ------Original Message-----
From: John <johnb51 at earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday 04 March 2004 07:56 pm
To: John Reynolds <gnucash at reynj.fastmail.fm>
Cc: GnuCash User <gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: Start-up Problem


>On Thursday 04 March 2004 07:12 pm, you wrote:
>> ------Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Kjorling <michael at kjorling.com>
>> Sent: Thursday 04 March 2004 05:49 pm
>> To: johnb51 at earthlink.net
>> Cc: GnuCash User <gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org>
>> Subject: Re: Start-up Problem
>>
>> >On Mar 4 2004, johnb51 at earthlink.net wrote:
>> >> When starting gnu-cash 1.8.6 a window comes up asking "gnu-cash
>> >> cannot obtain the lock for (long list of file #,s)log.xac. The
>> >> database may be in use by another user, in which case you should
>> >> not open the database. What would you like to do?" How do we
>> >> correct this since it is a single user account?
>> >
>> >If you are certain that no other GnuCash session is running and
>> > accessing the files, I would say go ahead and tell it to open the
>> > database anyway. The lock *should* then clear up when you exit.
>> >
>> >I encountered this message after the computer rebooted while
>> > GnuCash was running, due to a power failure (circuit breakers
>> > tripped).
>>
>> Johnb51,
>>
>> Michael is correct in his advice. This .lck file should clear (be
>> deleted) by GnuCash when it exits properly. If for some reason
>> GnuCash exited improperly (crashed; as Michael describes), then
>> this .lck file will remain and you will get the message that you
>> did when you next start up.
>>
>> John R
>
>John R
>Can this file be deleted manually and if so how? I guess the problem
>is why isn't it deleting this file?
>Thanks for your response
>Debbie

Debbie,

Well if you followed the directions Michael gave you, you should be in and 
using GnuCash now, Correct? I can't remember if GC will automatically delete 
the old .lck file, or if it just disregards it and creates another one. 

If GnuCash is not running (your positive no one is using it remotely - 
NFS/Samba on home LAN), and a .lck file exists in the directory with your 
data file, you can delete it just like any other file. Just be careful not to 
delete anything else. 

John R
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