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cannot aquire lockfile swupd does not seem to b running auto update #1598

@NicTanghe

Description

@NicTanghe

Describe the bug
after a semi clean install i get the following error when trying to use swupd
Cannot acquire lock file, another swupd process is already running (possibly auto-update)
the software installer does not seem to give me that error.

persists after reboots

To Reproduce
run swupd

Expected behavior
A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

Environment (please complete the following information):

  • Clear Linux OS Version:

Distribution: Clear Linux OS
Installed version: 35000
Version URL: https://cdn.download.clearlinux.org/update
Content URL: https://cdn.download.clearlinux.org/update

  • Platform:

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor
3070 NVIDIA

  • problem:

tanghe@clr-d8ad8fed7e24478cb7d05dce339e80b9~ $ ps
PID TTY TIME CMD
3073 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
23182 pts/0 00:00:00 ps
tanghe@clr-d8ad8fed7e24478cb7d05dce339e80b9~ $ sudo swupd diagnose
Error: Cannot acquire lock file, another swupd process is already running (possibly auto-update)
Error: Failed swupd initialization, exiting now

tanghe@clr-d8ad8fed7e24478cb7d05dce339e80b9~ $ sudo swupd diagnose
Error: Cannot acquire lock file, another swupd process is already running (possibly auto-update)
Error: Failed swupd initialization, exiting now

tanghe@clr-d8ad8fed7e24478cb7d05dce339e80b9~ $ ps aux | grep swupd
root 1690 9.1 4.0 2357036 1334188 ? Ssl 00:11 2:01 /usr/bin/swupd update --no-progress
tanghe 38050 0.0 0.0 6888 2768 pts/0 S+ 00:33 0:00 grep swupd

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