OK. Thank you. I saw this solution on a message board yesterday as well.
On Sep 18, 2014 5:38 AM, "Lisa Kachold" <
foobar@it-clowns.com> 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 <matorres124@gmail.com>
> 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
>>
>>
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