OK. Thank you. I saw this solution on a message board yesterday as well. On Sep 18, 2014 5:38 AM, "Lisa Kachold" wrote: > Once you have verified your path and permissions [no NFS], you would > address this as a a metadata issue: > > Fix List (for all the various iterations of this issue): > > 1. In .metadata/, remove the .lock file > 2. If 1 doesn't work, try end process javaw.exe etc. then rm .lock file > 3. If 1 & 2 doesn't work, try remove the .log file in .metadata/, and > double check .plugin/. > 4. This always worked for me: relocate .metadata/, open and close > eclipse, then overwrite .metadata back > > The solution involves cleaning up the .metadata folder with correct > contents! > > Reference: > http://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ#When_I_start_Eclipse_it_says_.22Workspace_in_use_or_cannot_be_created.2C_choose_a_different_one..22.2C_what_should_I_do.3F > > Cheers! > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Michael Torres > wrote: > >> I am having an issue getting my Eclipse IDE to open my workspace. >> >> Here is the background info... >> >> I am running Fedora 20 >> I have Eclipse (Keppler) >> >> The error message that I get when I run my IDE for that workspace is: >> >> "Workspace at '/var/www/html' in use or cannot be created , choose a >> different one" >> >> The permissions for the html folder are rwxrw-rw- as well as for the www >> folder. root owns the folders. >> >> I can open an entirely different workspace no problem. But for some >> reason eclipse seems to think that this workspace is in use. >> >> There are no other processes running for eclipse. I have followed >> message board instructions to delete the .lock and the .log files from the >> .metadata folder in the workspace. I have even deleted the www and html >> folder altogether. >> >> Has anyone had this issue? Any advice would be appreciated. >> >> >> 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 >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >