A profile (for a browser) is where you bookmarks/cookies/cache and other associated stuff needed exist. You can typically (on most browsers) have more than one profile. If you aren't running chromium currently then you delete the files. You might do a "ps -elf | grep -i chromium" and make sure you only see the grep. On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 4:43 PM Michael Hennebry <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > OOn Fri, 24 Nov 2023, Roger Heflin wrote: > > > It means likely it crashed while it had the profile locked and the > > program is too stupid to reclaim the lost lock. > > So while did it fail the first time? > > > That seems to be a really common bug in a lot of programs. They test > > the lock/unlock and make sure other separate copies won't use the > > profile when another process is using it, but developers all think > > What's a profile and how do I unlock it> > > > their program won't crash so there is no way to lose a lock. and so > > they forget to handle the program crashing with the profile being > > locked and lose the lock. And there are cases that lock reclaim can > > fail on if the lock reclaim process suspects that the holder is not > > the same host. > > The hostname referenced is probably another name for your IP address > > of your workstation. try a dig <name> and or a ping name and see if > > it comes back as your IP address > > hennebry@2001-48F8-3004-2CE-0-0-0-284-dynamic ~]$ nslookup > localhost-live.midcoip.net > Server: 127.0.0.53 > Address: 127.0.0.53#53 > > ** server can't find localhost-live.midcoip.net: NXDOMAIN > > I realize 127.0.0.1 is my computer, > but I'm not clear on how 127.0.053 and 127.0.0.53#53 are used. > > > Best guess is do a find ~/ -iname "*lock*" -ls and see if there is > > a file that looks like a lock. > > I got 36 lock files all with hromi in the name. > > > 0 Nov 24 14:35 ./.config/chromium/Default/Local\ Storage/leveldb/LOCK > > 0 Nov 24 14:35 ./.config/chromium/Default/Sync\ Data/LevelDB/LOCK > > 0 Nov 24 14:35 ./.config/chromium/Default/discounts_db/LOCK > > > > And it may be that the first lock in my list has a name (on yours) > > that confuses the lock reclaim. Possibly the ip address does not > > resolve to the same name both forward and reverse, and/or it resolves > > to several different names/ips. > > How do I unlock? > > -- > Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "I was just thinking about the life of a pumpkin. Grow up in the sun, > happily entwined with others, and then someone comes along, > cuts you open, and rips your guts out." -- Buffy > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
