Re: problem with lockfile in gnokii

[Pawel Kot]

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 address@hidden wrote:

> Quick Introduction: I've just bought a nokia 8310e (UK version) and a belkin
> usb-irda adaptor running on a sharp laptop (mandrake linux 8.2).  I've got the
> usb-irda connector working fine.  I can run irattach and get an entry to 
> appear
> under ifconfig, as well as view data from the phone using irdadump.  I have
> compiled gnokii and can get it to install gnokii and gnokiid (as well as
> todologo somehow) in the /usr/local/bin directory.  Gnokii runs fine with 
> --help
> option, but running anything else (e.g. --identify) it says
>
> GNOKII Version 0.4.3
> Please check permission on lock directory
> Lock file error. Exiting

Quick workaround:
use_locking = no
in the config file.
Proper solution: learn about file permissions, gnokii needs a write
permission to /var/lock

pkot
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