[GRASSLIST:5751] Re: Problem restarting GRASS5 with -tcltk

[Glynn Clements]

Brent Wood wrote:

> I recently crashed out of a GRASS5 session. (sigh..)
> 
> The problem now is that the tcl/tk GUI locks up with a blank window on
> startup.

Try deleting/renaming ~/.tcltkgrass and/or ~/.grassrc5.

> Starting in text mode generates an error opening monitor x0 from the
> command line,

What error, exactly?

> but opening x1 works OK. x0 was open when it crashed, & I'm
> assuming the gui is trying to  reopen x0 and failing due to something left
> hanging around from the crash.
> 
> Hopefully someone can point me at some lock files somewhere or another
> simple fix?

No lock files are involved. It's possible that the XDRIVER process is
still running, and may need to be killed manually.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>