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Re: Slink -> Frozen = No Internet



There is nothing in the /var/lock after a clean reboot.  Also, if I drop back
to the old 2.0.36 kernel, the problem clears.  This is very perplexing since my
other 3 linux boxes are all running the same type of setup (potato/2.2.14).

Any other ideas?

 On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Eric G . Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 10:30:55AM -0800, Chris HOOVER wrote:
> > HELP,
> > 
> >   I finally took the plunge and upgraded my linux
> > server from slink to frozen last night.  After running
> > apt-get dist-upgrade and moving from 2.0.36 to 2.2.14,
> > I can no longer dial out to the internet.  When I try
> > to run pon, syslog reports that /dev/ttyS2 (my modem)
> > is locked.  I tried doing another reboot, but that did
> > not clear up the problem.
> > 
> >  Can someone help me fix this problem.
> 
> Did you check for a stale lock in /var/lock/ ? If there's one, rm it and
> retry.
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