but I changed the command to: rm -Rf $(find ~/.config/cgoogle-chrome/|grep -i lock) and it worked! Thanks ET. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > that didn't do anything. I want to kill the profile that has chrome..... > not chromium. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:25 PM, wrote: > >> rm -Rf $(find ~/.config/chromium/|grep -i lock) >> And be done with it... >> ET >> >> >> Michael Havens writes: >> >>> nope. that didn't do anything I reboot it and it said chrome was running >>> on >>> the same ps. : >>> bmike1@CQ57-1:~$ google-chrome >>> [3101:3101:0715/151501:ERROR:process_singleton_linux.cc(309)] The >>> profile >>> appears to be in use by another Google Chrome process (16915) on another >>> computer (Presario-CQ57). Chrome has locked the profile so that it >>> doesn't >>> get corrupted. If you are sure no other processes are using this >>> profile, >>> you can unlock the profile and relaunch Chrome. >>> [3101:3101:0715/151501:ERROR:simple_message_box_views.cc(208)] Unable to >>> show a dialog outside the UI thread message loop: Google Chrome - The >>> profile appears to be in use by another Google Chrome process (16915) on >>> another computer (Presario-CQ57). Chrome has locked the profile so that >>> it >>> doesn't get corrupted. If you are sure no other processes are using this >>> profile, you can unlock the profile and relaunch Chrome. >>> bmike1@CQ57-1:~$ sudo ps -A | grep chro >>> 2557 ? 00:00:01 chromium-browse >>> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Stephen Partington < >>> cryptworks@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> sudo -ps -A | grep chro >>>> it might be running under an elevated process by accident during >>>> install. >>>> worst case you can reboot the machine. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Michael Havens >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The thing about this is the error says the ps is 16915 but ps -e has no >>>>> ps 16915.... I just checked again. :) >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Michael Havens >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I am having a bear of a time with Chromium so I figured I would see if >>>>>> Chrome worked any better so I download chrome and then tried to start >>>>>> it. >>>>>> Nothing happened. So I opened a terminal emulator and started it from >>>>>> there >>>>>> to see what errors would appear. Well, it seems to think chrome is >>>>>> running >>>>>> and so has locked the profile. How does one ulock a profile. I tried >>>>>> killing the process but that didn't work. >>>>>> --error-- >>>>>> [5029:5029:0715/141134:ERROR:process_singleton_linux.cc(309)] The >>>>>> profile appears to be in use by another Google Chrome process (16915) >>>>>> on >>>>>> another computer (Presario-CQ57). Chrome has locked the profile so >>>>>> that it >>>>>> doesn't get corrupted. If you are sure no other processes are using >>>>>> this >>>>>> profile, you can unlock the profile and relaunch Chrome. >>>>>> [5029:5029:0715/141134:ERROR:simple_message_box_views.cc(208)] >>>>>> Unable to >>>>>> show a dialog outside the UI thread message loop: Google Chrome - The >>>>>> profile appears to be in use by another Google Chrome process (16915) >>>>>> on >>>>>> another computer (Presario-CQ57). Chrome has locked the profile so >>>>>> that it >>>>>> doesn't get corrupted. If you are sure no other processes are using >>>>>> this >>>>>> profile, you can unlock the profile and relaunch Chrome. >>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>>> Stephen >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >