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UnlockWiki

When editing a page or running maintenance, the wiki will create locks. If it then crashes due to a bug, the lock will be left behind. The symptoms are:

  1. Delays of about five seconds when loading pages
  2. An error when trying to save a file claiming that the main lock could not be removed

How to proceed:

  1. Check how old the lock is. It could be maintenance taking a few minutes only. You can see the lock directories here: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/temp/
  2. Check what processes are running. You’ll find them here: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/pids/
  3. Remove the locks: Follow the Administration link at the bottom of the page and click on Unlock the wiki. That will take you here: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs?action=unlock