hi, if it is installed on your system, `lsof` may tell you which process blocks (uses) your file... regards.
Le sam. 10 juil. 2021 à 16:02, gustavklopp <gustavkl...@gmx.com> a écrit : > Hi! > I've launched a virtual image through the software virtual-manager (it's a > GUI allowing to launch your virtual images). > > I've stopped normally the image and close the software virtual-manager. > > But now, I can't use QEMU directly in commandline to start this virtual > image (by doing *qemu-system-x86_64 ....*): > > *Failed to get shared "write" lock* > *Is another process using the image [./ubuntu.qcow2]?* > > I've tried to restart, I've stopped any services: *sudo systemctl stop > virtlogd.service && sudo systemctl stop libvirtd.service.* > > I've checked also the permissions (but it doesn't seem to be related): > > *-rw------- 1 thephi thephi 21G jul 10 05:24 ubuntu.qcow2* > > Thanks! > > >