From 2704f7a6cbe274b5d1969d511564f928e0ba5d29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Kahn-Greene <willg@bluesock.org>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 09:56:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Tweaks the "if mongodb isn't working" troubleshooting section

---
 docs/hackinghowto.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/hackinghowto.rst b/docs/hackinghowto.rst
index 2e6d0d14..dcade418 100644
--- a/docs/hackinghowto.rst
+++ b/docs/hackinghowto.rst
@@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ If you see this::
 
 then make sure mongodb is installed and running.
 
+If it's installed, check the mongodb log.  On my machine, that's ``/var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log``.  If you see something like::
+
+    old lock file: /var/lib/mongodb/mongod.lock.  probably means...
+
+Then delete the lock file and relaunch mongodb.
+
 
 Wiping your user data
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