Re: Yumex-dnf won't run due to some lock - solved, sort of

2015-10-17 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 10/16/2015 08:28 PM, Doug Wyatt wrote: But, I've just found that running: yumex-dnf --exit will "tell session dbus services used by yumex to exit" and seems to remove the lock preventing the tool from opening. DW that's nice to know, where did you find that?? $man yumex-dnf No manual

Re: Yumex-dnf won't run due to some lock - solved, sort of

2015-10-16 Thread Doug Wyatt
Well, the problem still exists that, when you exit normally from yumex-dnf, something is often left in a state that blocks starting it again. But, I've just found that running: yumex-dnf --exit will "tell session dbus services used by yumex to exit" and seems to remove the lock preventing the

Re: Yumex-dnf won't run due to some lock

2015-10-16 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 10/16/2015 01:04 PM, Doug Wyatt wrote: Thanks for your reply ... However, /var/cache/dnf/metadata_lock.pid does not exist; if there was a dnf lock file, I would have expected it to prevent the 'dnf install ...' which I ran w/o problem. Also, there do not appear to be any relevant *.pid fil

Re: Yumex-dnf won't run due to some lock

2015-10-16 Thread Doug Wyatt
Thanks for your reply ... However, /var/cache/dnf/metadata_lock.pid does not exist; if there was a dnf lock file, I would have expected it to prevent the 'dnf install ...' which I ran w/o problem. Also, there do not appear to be any relevant *.pid files in /var/run. DW On 10/16/2015 4:58 AM, Pa

Re: Yumex-dnf won't run due to some lock

2015-10-16 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 10/16/2015 04:38 AM, Doug Wyatt wrote: I ran yumex-dnf a few times, then the last time I got the message: dnf is locked by another process yum extender will exit [ OK ] and, it exits. I can run dnf install successfully, and rpm -i also works. Can anyone suggest where the

Yumex-dnf won't run due to some lock

2015-10-16 Thread Doug Wyatt
I ran yumex-dnf a few times, then the last time I got the message: dnf is locked by another process yum extender will exit [ OK ] and, it exits. I can run dnf install successfully, and rpm -i also works. Can anyone suggest where the lock might be? Thanks, Doug Wyatt -- users mai