Lutris failing to launch : sql database locked

[schotty]

Out of the blue I am now unable to load up lutris. Not sure if this is a python error or what (did do a system update).

Here is what is spitting out. If anyone can help decipher this one, I’d appreciate it.

andrew@schotty-tower-wired:~> lutris -d
INFO 2019-08-24 19:57:10,437 [application.do_command_line:225]:Running Lutris 0.5.2.2
INFO 2019-08-24 19:57:10,437 [startup.check_driver:60]:Using X.Org
INFO 2019-08-24 19:57:10,437 [startup.check_driver:65]:Running Mesa driver 19.1.3 on Radeon RX 590 Series (POLARIS10, DRM 3.32.0, 5.2.8-1-default, LLVM 8.0.1) (0x67df)
INFO 2019-08-24 19:57:10,437 [startup.check_driver:75]:GPU: 1002:67DF 1682:9587 using amdgpu drivers
INFO 2019-08-24 19:57:10,459 [startup.check_vulkan:129]:Vulkan is supported
INFO 2019-08-24 19:57:10,461 [dxvk.get_dxvk_versions:24]:Updating DXVK versions
DEBUG 2019-08-24 19:57:10,624 [gog.get_library:167]:Returning cached GOG library
DEBUG 2019-08-24 19:57:10,629 [http.get:68]:GET https://lutris.net/api/runtime
DEBUG 2019-08-24 19:57:10,655 [http.get:68]:GET https://lutris.net/api/games
DEBUG 2019-08-24 19:57:10,762 [store.get_missing_media:178]:Requesting missing icons from API for 165 games
DEBUG 2019-08-24 19:57:10,768 [http.get:68]:GET https://lutris.net/api/games
DEBUG 2019-08-24 19:57:11,130 [pga_game.platform:68]:Game Blackthorne has no platform
DEBUG 2019-08-24 19:57:11,452 [api.get_game_api_page:132]:Loaded 45 games from page 1
DEBUG 2019-08-24 19:57:11,693 [api.get_game_api_page:132]:Loaded 41 games from page 1
ERROR 2019-08-24 19:57:20,497 [sql.cursor_execute:37]:SQL query ‘select * from games WHERE steamid is not null AND steamid != ?’ failed. 4 retries remaining
ERROR 2019-08-24 19:57:20,497 [sql.cursor_execute:39]:database is locked
ERROR 2019-08-24 19:57:21,498 [sql.cursor_execute:37]:SQL query ‘select * from games WHERE steamid is not null AND steamid != ?’ failed. 3 retries remaining
ERROR 2019-08-24 19:57:21,498 [sql.cursor_execute:39]:database is locked
ERROR 2019-08-24 19:57:22,500 [sql.cursor_execute:37]:SQL query ‘select * from games WHERE steamid is not null AND steamid != ?’ failed. 2 retries remaining
ERROR 2019-08-24 19:57:22,500 [sql.cursor_execute:39]:database is locked
ERROR 2019-08-24 19:57:23,502 [sql.cursor_execute:37]:SQL query ‘select * from games WHERE steamid is not null AND steamid != ?’ failed. 1 retries remaining
ERROR 2019-08-24 19:57:23,502 [sql.cursor_execute:39]:database is locked
ERROR 2019-08-24 19:57:24,503 [jobs.target:32]:Error while completing task <function LutrisWindow.sync_services..full_sync at 0x7f597e125950>: database is locked
<class ‘sqlite3.OperationalError’> database is locked
File “/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/lutris/util/jobs.py”, line 30, in target
result = self.function(*args, **kwargs)
File “/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/lutris/gui/lutriswindow.py”, line 303, in full_sync
return syncer.sync(games, full=True)
File “/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/lutris/services/steam.py”, line 142, in sync
if steamid not in self.lutris_steamids:
File “/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/lutris/services/steam.py”, line 111, in lutris_steamids
self._lutris_steamids = {str(game[“steamid”]) for game in self.lutris_games}
File “/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/lutris/services/steam.py”, line 104, in lutris_games
steamid__not=""
File “/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/lutris/pga.py”, line 217, in get_games_where
return sql.db_query(PGA_DB, query, tuple(condition_values))
File “/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/lutris/util/sql.py”, line 120, in db_query
cursor_execute(cursor, query, params)
File “/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/lutris/util/sql.py”, line 30, in cursor_execute
return cursor.execute(query, params)
ERROR 2019-08-24 19:57:24,505 [lutriswindow.on_sync_complete:308]:Sync failed: database is locked