>>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> writes: Patrick> The most likely explanation is that there is a lock file Patrick> lying around which shouldn't be there. Rebooting might Patrick> get rid of it, or you could poke around in /tmp. I've already re-booted, and cleared /tmp of stale stuff. And /var/tmp is empty, so it's not that either. I searched on google, and there's a lot of hits on this kind of error, and several cures claimed (but they don't work on my system). -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list