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Re: A non existent process is locking the modem?



the init process (PID 1) handles serial connections.. make sure that your
/etc/inittab does not contain any uncommented entries related to
/dev/ttyS2 and restart inittab (kill -HUP 1) and try again..

nate

On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Shaul Karl wrote:

shaulk >I believe mgetty-fax or start-stop-daemon and the /etc/init.d/mgetty-fax 
shaulk >script does not handle the port correctly.
shaulk >
shaulk >Does anyone else have it? 
shaulk >
shaulk >[03:42:11 /tmp]$ cat /var/lock/LCK..ttyS2 
shaulk >       623
shaulk >[03:43:12 /tmp]$ ps 623
shaulk >  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
shaulk >[03:43:15 /tmp]$ tail /var/log/mgetty/mg_ttyS2.log
shaulk >01/23 03:38:36 yS2  mod: cannot open line /dev/ttyS2: Device or resource busy
shaulk >01/23 03:38:36 yS2  open device /dev/ttyS2 failed: Device or resource busy
shaulk >01/23 03:38:36 yS2  cannot get terminal line dev=ttyS2, exiting: Device or 
shaulk >resource busy
shaulk >--
shaulk >01/23 03:38:36 yS2  mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.21-Jul24
shaulk >01/23 03:38:36 yS2  check for lockfiles
shaulk >01/23 03:38:36 yS2  locking the line
shaulk >01/23 03:38:36 yS2  mod: cannot open line /dev/ttyS2: Device or resource busy
shaulk >01/23 03:38:36 yS2  open device /dev/ttyS2 failed: Device or resource busy
shaulk >01/23 03:38:36 yS2  cannot get terminal line dev=ttyS2, exiting: Device or 
shaulk >resource busy[03:43:28 /tmp]$ ls -l /var/lock/LCK..ttyS2
shaulk >-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           11 Jan 23 03:43 /var/lock/LCK..ttyS2
shaulk >
shaulk >
shaulk >
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