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E: [ncAPI] [43627] ncDeviceOpen:619 Global Mutex Initialization Failed

Content Type: Error Messages   |   Article ID: 000033390   |   Last Reviewed: 08/08/2019

Users have reported the following error when running an OpenVINO toolkit application that is inferencing with the Intel® Myriad™ Myriad VPUs.

E: [ncAPI] [     43627] ncDeviceOpen:619    global mutex initialization failed


To solve the issue, please try one of the following:

  1. Close the current terminal and open a new one.
  2. Restart your computer.
  3. Check the /tmp directory for a file called mvnc.mutex. If it's there, go ahead and delete it and try again.

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