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Can't kill a non-numeric process ID at /usr/bin/get_iplayer line 3111

user-1178

Hi - get_iplayer has been running in Lubuntu 14.4 happily for some time but something has now upset it giving me this message.

I have tried several times in different ways uninstalling get_iplayer and reinstalling and I have just tried a reinstall of the operating system, but cannot get rid of this message.

get_iplayer still works and will download individual radio and tv but it when I try to use 'Run PVR' I get the message.

Below is line 3111, the one referred to I think.

   310     # If the process is still running and the lockfile is newer than $stale_time seconds
   311    if ( kill(0,$lines[0]) > 0 && $now < ( stat($lockfile)->mtime + $stale_time ) ) {
   312             main::logger "ERROR: Quitting - process is already running ($lockfile)\n";
   313            # redefine cleanup sub so that it doesn't delete $lockfile
   314             $lockfile = '';
   315        exit 0;

Can anyone help this newbie, please?

user-2

Delete this file: $HOME/.get_iplayer/pvr_lock

user-1178

Many thanks, it appears to be running ok now - thank goodness!

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