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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)
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  • To add to it, if anyone sends a message, g2ipmessenger crashes
    – Ubuntuser
    Feb 22, 2013 at 8:40
  • @Madhu K. Did you got any solution for this problem so far? As i am having the same issue with Ubuntu 13.10 Dec 14, 2013 at 6:54
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    did you try this askubuntu.com/a/321085/202806 Dec 14, 2013 at 7:03
  • @AvinashRaj I tried but it doesn't work. Dec 14, 2013 at 9:33
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    I've just solved it. Jun 16, 2015 at 8:37

2 Answers 2

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

Also try this solution :

  1. Type on terminal below command - gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"

  2. Restart and click gnome ip messenger still it may give create lock file error but it will be viewable in notification panel.

  3. 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

  4. 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/

  5. 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

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  • "No such schema 'com.canonical.Unity.Panel'" error
    – prem30488
    Nov 15, 2014 at 7:55
  • Hi Parth, for this error you should check this article : askubuntu.com/questions/362135/… Let me know if you were able to solve it.
    – yilmi
    Nov 19, 2014 at 12:25
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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
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  • but it cannot receive msgs from windows systems... i am using it.. its not good
    – Mr.Popular
    Feb 25, 2017 at 7:36

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