Re: Stale lock file?

2001-07-09 Thread Mike Andrew
On Monday 09 July 2001 15:41, Vern W Heesch wrote: > Can someone explain to me what the 'stale lock file' is all about, and > maybe a solution to this? This happened before and I couldn't figure > anything out so I rebooted. Would be nice if I could fix this without &g

Re: Stale lock file?

2001-07-08 Thread Vern W Heesch
on > % on my desktop it tells me it is already mounted or busy. I can't umount > % it from the desktop icon because it doesn't have umount on the menu, > % it's still mount. If I try to umount from the terminal it says it cannot > % create link /etc/mtab~, perhaps there is

Re: Stale lock file?

2001-07-08 Thread Kurt Wall
already mounted or busy. I can't umount % it from the desktop icon because it doesn't have umount on the menu, % it's still mount. If I try to umount from the terminal it says it cannot % create link /etc/mtab~, perhaps there is a stale lock file? % % Can someone explain to me what the &

Stale lock file?

2001-07-08 Thread Vern W Heesch
m the desktop icon because it doesn't have umount on the menu, it's still mount. If I try to umount from the terminal it says it cannot create link /etc/mtab~, perhaps there is a stale lock file? Can someone explain to me what the 'stale lock file' is all about, and maybe