monitor locking process error

[Cosyn Bart]

On Sat, 27 Apr 1996, roland muench wrote:

> Dear Grass-users,
> 
>       Have installed grass4.1.5 including update patch1 and Linux slackware3 
with kernel 1.2.13 in umsdos mode on a Compaq Presario 5522
> after splitting my harddisk with fips.Run win95 on the other part.
> Video chip set S3-Trio64
>       Everything seems fine exept:
> When I try d.mon start=x0 or d.mon select=x0 ,a monitor comes up but
> then the following message:
> 
> $:Error - Could not complete locking process for monitor <x0> 
>   Lockfile is /usr/local/grass/locks/darkstar/mon.4721494
Check permissions of the file! and the subdirectories! should be writable 
so that starting a monitor will remove the file!

                        Bart
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