Hi Lars, Thanks for the note, which has been appended to the following error message document on the “virtuoso.lck” file:
http://wikis.openlinksw.com/dataspace/owiki/wiki/VirtuosoWikiWeb/VirtuosoLCKFileExistsError Note also that this error would not occur with open source ( the mailing list you have posted to :)), as these start scripts are not part of the open source archives, only being available in with the commercial installers. Best Regards Hugh Williams Professional Services OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Support: http://support.openlinksw.com Forums: http://boards.openlinksw.com/support Twitter: http://twitter.com/OpenLink On 25 Aug 2011, at 09:33, Lars Marius Garshol wrote: > > I'm running Virtuoso locally on my Macbook and trying to start it gives me a > dialog saying "Detected stale lock". Virtuoso then refuses to start and > that's it. > > I discovered that the following command: > > sudo rm "/Applications/OpenLink Virtuoso/Virtuoso 6.2/database/virtuoso.lck" > > solves the problem by deleting the lock file. > > Posting this since googling the problem gave absolutely no information > whatever, and I figure others will run into this as well. > > --Lars M. > http://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K > The only unified storage solution that offers unified management > Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. > Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Virtuoso-users mailing list > Virtuoso-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtuoso-users