Public bug reported: I have used desktop.el for emacs for many years. Recently I upgraded to Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon from Edgy Eft and I find that every time I launch emacs I get the error message:
Warning: desktop file appears to be in use by PID XXXX When I check the PID, it is the same PID as the currently running emacs, so basically it is complaining that it is using this file itself! This is an example: Emacs error mesg: Please answer y or n. Warning: desktop file appears to be in use by PID 10877. Using it may cause conflicts. Use it anyway? (y or n) " lap1:[~] % ps auxwww | egrep 10877 pete 10877 9.5 1.9 49884 38856 ? S 14:47 0:06 emacs-snapshot-gtk -font Monospace-8 pete 10898 0.0 0.0 2988 776 pts/0 R+ 14:48 0:00 grep -E 10877 My emacs is: GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) the desktop.el is the stock one with emacs. Regards, Pete ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- emacs desktop save/restore file appears to be locked https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163342 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs