If I'm not mistaken it is caused by /tmp/'username' not existing or being writable... Jon -- Jonathan P. Schuermann, Ph. D. Beamline Scientist NE-CAT, Building 436E Advanced Photon Source (APS) Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue Argonne, IL 60439 email: [log in to unmask] Tel: (630) 252-0682 Fax: (630) 252-0687 On 10/05/2011 08:51 AM, Ed Pozharski wrote: > On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 10:36 +0800, Jobichen Chacko wrote: >> I looked into our previous posts and tried to locate the ccp4.LOCK >> file, but I cannot find one in my system. > Curiously, neither can I with the ccp4i currently running. Maybe this > info is outdated, and you should try deleting "database.LOCK" instead in > the CCP4_DATABASE folder of the project that you have listed under > CURRENT_PROJECT in ~/.CCP4/unix/status.def ? Although my expectation is > that if a project is locked ccp4i will offer you an override option. > > As a random thought, check if you don't have any disk access problems > (stale NFS handles and such). A drive that drops into read-only mode > for some reason could cause all kinds of otherwise mysterious problems. > > -- Jonathan P. Schuermann, Ph. D. Beamline Scientist NE-CAT, Building 436E Advanced Photon Source (APS) Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue Argonne, IL 60439 email: [log in to unmask] Tel: (630) 252-0682 Fax: (630) 252-0687