I did try to look for lingering wsjtx related processes, but did not see
them:
leo@linux-gu90:/tmp> ps ax | grep wsjt
3140 pts/3 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto wsjt
leo@linux-gu90:/tmp> ps ax | grep jt
3208 pts/3 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto jt
On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 2:06 PM Adrian <vk4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I see this from time to time, rectified with 'sudo pkill wsjtx' and
>
> then no problem to start a new session.. If linux > wsjtx ran a startup
> script killing first,
>
> then there would never be an issue.
>
>
> 73
>
>
> Adrian Fewster
>
> On 5/11/22 22:56, leo bistmans via wsjt-devel wrote:
> > Via strace I saw the lock file that is not there is /tmp/WSJT-X ... .lock
> >
> >
> > openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/WSJT-X - ft-891.lock",
> > O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_CLOEXEC, 0666) = 13
> > flock(13, LOCK_EX|LOCK_NB) = 0
> >
> > If I create it myself with touch, the switch code below is used
> > instead of throwing the fatal error.
> >
> > The code in main.cpp:
> >
> > // disallow multiple instances with same instance key
> > QLockFile instance_lock {temp_dir.absoluteFilePath
> > (a.applicationName () + ".lock")};
> > instance_lock.setStaleLockTime (0);
> > while (!instance_lock.tryLock ())
> > {
> > if (QLockFile::LockFailedError == instance_lock.error ())
> > {
> > auto button = MessageBox::query_message (nullptr
> > , "Another
> > instance may be running"
> > , "try to
> > remove stale lock file?"
> > , QString {}
> > ,
> > MessageBox::Yes | MessageBox::Retry | MessageBox::No
> > ,
> MessageBox::Yes);
> > switch (button)
> > {
> > case MessageBox::Yes:
> > instance_lock.removeStaleLockFile ();
> > break;
> >
> > case MessageBox::Retry:
> > break;
> >
> > default:
> > throw std::runtime_error {"Multiple instances must
> > have unique rig names"};
> > }
> > }
> > else
> > {
> > throw std::runtime_error {"Failed to access lock file"};
> > }
> > }
> >
> > The reason that I do not have the .lock file in /tmp is an open
> > question to me ( possibly a disk full condition? ).
> > However I think it is fairly safe for wsjt-x to just start instead of
> > forcing me to reboot my PC.
> >
> > 73 de on1aad
> >
> >
> >
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