[Qgis-user] qgis metis cannot open some grass datasets

[Alex Mandel]

Patrick Giraudoux wrote:
> I have migrated from Metis to Mimas (1.3), the latter from the OSGEO
> repository and  the OSGEO4w installer, all under Windows XP. Most of the
> things goes well, including opening GRASS dataset, except that one of
> them can non longer be opened from Mimas:
> 
> "Impossible d'ouvrir le jeu de données GRASS. Le jeu de données est en
> cours d'utilisation" (Impossible to open the grass dataset. The data set
> is currently in use)
> 
> However, the dataset can still be opened from the earlier QGIS version
> or directly from GRASS without any trouble. I have tried to open a copy
> from Mimas with no result.
> 
> Any idea about what happens and a work around ?

Try deleting the GIS lock .gislock file from the GRASS dataset in question.

Alex