"Can not setup lock file:/tmp/g2ipmsg.lock errno : -11 (Resource temporarily unavailable)"

Question

I installed IP Messenger (GNOME 2) from Ubuntu software center but its not working. It's always showing an error message on Ubuntu 12.04.

FileName:ipmsg.c
Function:create_lock_file
Line:157
Can not setup lock file:/tmp/g2ipmsg.lock errno : -11 (Resource temporarily unavailable)

To add to it, if anyone sends a message, g2ipmessenger crashes — Ubuntuser, Feb 22 '13 at 08:40
@Madhu K. Did you got any solution for this problem so far? As i am having the same issue with Ubuntu 13.10 — mohit_rocks, Dec 14 '13 at 06:54
@mohit_rocks That answer had an obvious typo/error in it. But I guess you all noticed the missing rm. (If not, then try that again.) — falconer, Dec 14 '13 at 20:00
Does /tmp exist? And does the directory and the user have the proper permissions? sudo chmod 1777 /tmp and sudo chown root.root /tmp Did you use sudo when trying to install? — jmunsch, Dec 18 '13 at 22:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 19 '13 at 10:28

Try to check first about /tmp/ directory and that it is writeable by all users.

Also try this solution :

Type on terminal below command - gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"
Restart and click gnome ip messenger still it may give create lock file error but it will be viewable in notification panel.
If still this doesn't work make sure that you can write to /tmp, try touch /tmp/foo to make sure you can write in it
Next, see whether there is a lock file in /tmp: ls -l /tmp/g2ipmsg.lock if you can't see try with sudo ls -a /tmp/
You can see know who owns the lock file. If there is a lock file, check whether the process is running with pgrep ipmsg. If not, remove it: rm /tmp/g2ipmsg.lock or sudo rm /tmp/g2ipmsg.lock

Let us know if it worked

Hi Parth, for this error you should check this article : http://askubuntu.com/questions/362135/how-to-re-enable-tray-icons-for-applications-in-ubuntu-13-10 Let me know if you were able to solve it. — yilmi, Nov 19 '14 at 12:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '15 at 10:02

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I have also same problem. Here you can try alternative Iptux. You can send/receive message to/from ipmsg on windows and iptux on Ubuntu.

To install iptux use command :

sudo apt-get install iptux

answered Sep 08 '15 at 10:02

Madan Bhandari

but it cannot receive msgs from windows systems... i am using it.. its not good – Mr.Popular Feb 25 '17 at 07:36

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