How to fix com.day.crx.cluster.LoginException: Slave has same identity as master Error

Symptom: You get Caused by: com.day.crx.cluster.LoginException: Slave has same identity as master error and CQ does not start up. This usually happen in CQ5.3 or upgraded CQ5.4 instance.

Solution :

-Stop instance
-Delete all files named listener.properties in

* crx-quickstart/repository/shared/journal/control
* crx-quickstart/repository/shared/version/control
* crx-quickstart/repository/shared/workspaces//control

- Delete file crx-quickstart/repository/cluster_node.id
- Delete all stale .lock files (if existing)
- Delete all stale lock.properties files (if existing)
- Start CQ5.3 instance

OR
1) Use following following command to remove all listener.properties files
find ./crx-quickstart/repository/shared -name listener.properties | xargs rm -f

2) - Delete file crx-quickstart/repository/cluster_node.id

3) Delete all .lock files (if existing) using
find ./crx-quickstart/repository -name "\.lock" -exec rm '{}' \; -print