monitor

[Malcolm Williamson]

Hi, Francisco
You should be able to remove the lock file with the rm command, and then 
try starting the monitor again. 
	-Malcolm Williamson

On Sun, 9 Mar 1997 fncesbl at bu.edu wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am suddenly unable to open the x0 monitor. 
> after the d.mon start=x0 command I get this message:
> Graphics driver [x0] started
> Error - Could not complete locking process for monitor <x0>.
> Lock file is /usr/local/grass-4.1/locks/atacama/mon.20503
> Problem selecting x0. Will try once more
> Error - Could not complete locking process for monitor <x0>.
> Lock file is /usr/local/grass-4.1/locks/atacama/mon.20503
> 
> and I am unable to display anything.
> 
> Can someone please help me undo this?
> I noticed that the file  /usr/local/grass-4.1/locks/atacama/mon.20503 is 
> actually empty.
> I was able to use an x1 monitor though, and there is a mon.20505 in that same
> locks directory. 
> I just would like to get some assistence if possible, to prevent
> further problems.
> 
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> 
> Thank you
> 
> Francisco Estrada Belli
> Boston UNiversity
> Dept. of Archaeology
>