They are usually named after the process and also contain the PID as part of the filename. -Eric From the central offices of the Technomage guild, interesting items dept. > On Jun 15, 2019, at 10:31 AM, Michael wrote: > > what are they called. What do they look like? > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 10:13 Eric Oyen > wrote: > Check for a lock file. There is probably one still hanging around in your /var somewhere. > > -Eric > From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Technical support issues dept. > > >> On Jun 13, 2019, at 3:57 PM, Michael > wrote: >> >> I remember running pulseaudio once and that fixed it but when >> i ran it this time it complained about it already running. Look at what transpired: >> >> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ pulseaudio >> E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. >> E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. >> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ ps -e |grep pulse >> 2723 ? 00:00:08 pulseaudio >> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ kill 2723 >> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ pulseaudio >> E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. >> E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. >> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ ps -e |grep pulse >> 7063 ? 00:00:03 pulseaudio >> >> Would someone help me fix this? >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://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: > https://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: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss