Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-12 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:58:05 -0800 Yuri wrote: > I guess that's a side effect of /compat/linux not being owned by root. Yes, you've found the root of the problem. Chown it to root:wheel and all should be fine. -- WBR, bsam ___ freebsd-questions@freebs

Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-11 Thread Yuri
Boris Samorodov wrote: That's possible only if you are root. That's the most essential info. Please, annouce it everytime you have any error at the very beginning of an e-mail with capital letters. Never work as root. Never-never work as root under X. I don't work as root. /compat/linux di

Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-11 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:17:19 -0800 Yuri wrote: > Now I found who creates /compat/linux/home. It's skype. After I delete > /compat/linux/home and relaunch skype it recreates it. That's possible only if you are root. That's the most essential info. Please, annouce it everytime you have any error at

Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-11 Thread Yuri
Boris Samorodov wrote: Please show me how can I repeat that case. Or at least show # ls -l /compat/linux The problem is actually a bug (?) in googleearth, that it leaves the lock file when it finishes ungracefully, and after it is restarted it complains about this file without understandin

Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-11 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:34:51 -0800 Yuri wrote: > Boris Samorodov wrote: > > ...and remove /compat/linux/home if it exists. > You should make sure that installer doesn't create /compat/linux/home. > Because I never created it myself, must have been installer. Please show me how can I repeat that c

Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-11 Thread Yuri
Boris Samorodov wrote: ...and remove /compat/linux/home if it exists. You should make sure that installer doesn't create /compat/linux/home. Because I never created it myself, must have been installer. Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org maili

Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-10 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:44:26 + Matthew Seaman wrote: > Yuri wrote: > > Glen Barber wrote: > >> > >> Remove the file? Or rename it? > > > > I wouldn't ask this question if it was that easy. > > There is even no such directory: /home/yuri/.googleearth > Check /compat/linux/home/yuri/ ...and re

Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-10 Thread Matthew Seaman
Yuri wrote: Glen Barber wrote: Remove the file? Or rename it? I wouldn't ask this question if it was that easy. There is even no such directory: /home/yuri/.googleearth Check /compat/linux/home/yuri/ Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.

Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-10 Thread Yuri
Glen Barber wrote: Have you tried creating the directory? Creating it doesn't help. But I solved the problem: when it talks about /home/yuri/~.googleearth it actually means /compat/linux/home/yuri/.googleearth/ Deleting file there fixes the problem. I guess it's a good idea to have a lin

Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-10 Thread Glen Barber
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Yuri wrote: > Glen Barber wrote: >> >> Remove the file?  Or rename it? >> > > > I wouldn't ask this question if it was that easy. > There is even no such directory: /home/yuri/.googleearth Could you provide possibly important information such as this in future que

Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-10 Thread Yuri
Glen Barber wrote: Remove the file? Or rename it? I wouldn't ask this question if it was that easy. There is even no such directory: /home/yuri/.googleearth Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/l

Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-10 Thread Glen Barber
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Yuri wrote: > Hi, > > I am getting this fatal error: > Unable to create symlink for lock > '/home/yuri/.googleearth/instance-running-lock'.  File exists. > Remove the file? Or rename it? -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-qu

googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock

2009-12-10 Thread Yuri
Hi, I am getting this fatal error: Unable to create symlink for lock '/home/yuri/.googleearth/instance-running-lock'. File exists. google-earth-5.1.3509.4636 8.0-STABLE Thanks, Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebs