Re: 2 ttyS0 questions...

[Angel <aparra@idecnet.com>]

Xucaen wrote:
> 
> Hi all...
> I have 2 questions regarding ttyS0.
> First: I want my user name to have access to
> ttyS0. where can I find info on how to do this
> (i.e. which HOWTO if any)

	Add yourself to the diagout group, as you can see //dev/ttyS* belongs
to this group.



> 
> Second: I load minicom and sometimes the ALT keys
> don't work (I haven't figured out why yet). when
> they don't work, the only way I can exit is to
> close xterm (or eterm, whichever I am using at
> the time) but when I do this, ttyS0 remains
> locked and I don't know how to unlock it. How do
> I unlock ttyS0?

	First you must check that minicom has died, take a look whit "ps x", if
not kill it. Then if the /dev/ttyS0 keeps locked you can delete
"/var/lockLCK..ttyS0"




> 
> thanks!!
> 
> xucaen

	I hope it helps you


		Angel