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<pre wrap="">Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:42:52 -0800
From: Alex Mandel <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] qgis metis cannot open some grass datasets
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Patrick Giraudoux wrote:
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>I have migrated from Metis to Mimas (1.3), the latter from the OSGEO
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>repository and the OSGEO4w installer, all under Windows XP. Most of the
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>things goes well, including opening GRASS dataset, except that one of
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>them can non longer be opened from Mimas:
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>"Impossible d'ouvrir le jeu de données GRASS. Le jeu de données est en
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>cours d'utilisation" (Impossible to open the grass dataset. The data set
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>is currently in use)
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>However, the dataset can still be opened from the earlier QGIS version
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>or directly from GRASS without any trouble. I have tried to open a copy
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>from Mimas with no result.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Any idea about what happens and a work around ?
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Try deleting the GIS lock .gislock file from the GRASS dataset in question.
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Just done it. Works perfect, now. Great !<br>
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Thanks for the hint,<br>
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Patrick<br>
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Alex
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