[Xastir] Pid File Error

[Jason Rausch]

Tom,

Thanks!  Deleting that files fixed the problem.  I know that I didn't already have an instance of Xastir running because I had restarted several times, thinking that was the problem based on the error message.

As far as a graceful exit, there were a few times that I shut it down by removing power from the BBB.  That is most likely the cause for the PID file being left behind.

I'm learning bit by bit :o)
 
Jason Rausch - Amateur Radio Callsign: KE4NYV
RPC Electronics, LLC
www.rpc-electronics.com


________________________________
 From: Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org>
To: Jason Rausch <jason at ke4nyv.com>; Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Xastir] Pid File Error
 

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 07:27:52PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <jason at ke4nyv.com> flavor, containing:



> I've had Xastir running on Wheezy for over a week now. ?I started up the BBB today, typed "xastir &" into the terminal and got this error:
> 
> debian at beaglebone.org:~$ Found pid file: /home/debian/.xastir/xastir.pid
> Other Xastir process, pid: 0 May be running. ?Exiting..
> 
> I'm lost and dumbfounded how I can shut it down (working perfectly yesterday) then boot it up tonight to have this happen.
> 
> Any tips? ?Thanks!

That's odd.  Is there actually an Xastir process running?  If not, you can
simply remove the file "/home/debian/.xastir/xastir.pid" then the error 
message will go away.  If so, you can kill it.

ps auxww | grep xastir

then use "kill <process number>" for each xastir process you see.

If there ARE no processes running, then the pid file is stale and you 
should just remove it.  Did you shut down your BBB without exiting Xastir 
first?  When Xastir exits cleanly it should remove that file itself.

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