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[Help/qbittorrent-nox/Linux] "qBittorrent is already running"
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printf("%s", name); piefed.blahaj.zone akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-03-30
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SOLVED: Thank you @bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de

I just upgraded and rebooted my Arch Linux system like I have done a gazillion times before. I was firing up my various services and servers - qBittorrent-nox among them - and I wasn't able to qbittorrent-nox -d it. This has never happened before. An error message says that I cannot launch qBittorrent-nox again, because it is already running, which it isn't. I ps -e | grep torrent-ed, systemctl list --all-ed, but there really is no qBittorrent-nox running.

Has this happened to anybody here? Please advise.

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Björn swg-empire.de bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de
Joined: 2023-07-08
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Look for a lockfile in its config directory. Just delete it if it's there. It can be left over when qbittorrent isn't shut down correctly.

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printf("%s", name); piefed.blahaj.zone akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-03-30
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Look for a lockfile in its config directory. Just delete it if it's there. It can be left over when qbittorrent isn't shut down correctly.

Hah! Nice catch! Thanks! 🥰

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ozymandias sh.itjust.works ozymandias@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-12-16
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btw, i’m pretty fond of btop++

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