From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 13 19:47:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA09636 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 19:47:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.awanet.com (root@ns.awanet.com [205.216.78.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA09631 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 19:47:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [205.216.78.103] ([205.216.78.103]) by ns.awanet.com (8.7.4/8.6.9) with SMTP id VAA26397 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 21:49:24 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <323A1C61.2A55@ns.awanet.com> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 21:45:53 -0500 From: Richard Olson Reply-To: rolson@ns.awanet.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: tip - lock open: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am attempting to teach myself UNIX. You get what you pay for! Read all docs I could find and understand. Problem: when I try to run 'tip hayes' I get msg: "lock open: no such file or directory all ports busy". Pre problem: I used 'tip' from /root successfully and connected to my ISP. I tried to use tip from 2nd virtual console and receive above msg. Post problem: I tried again from /root and again msg. Attempted corrective actions: Rebooted, again rcvd msg. on /root /rolson Checked owner.group and /dev/ttyd1,cuaa*1 files. Checked other files as indicated in FAQ/Handbook/manpages. Checked all docs, including 386 FAQ part 8, did what it said. Searched "mailing list archives" Followed suggestions, no luck. Searched all usergroups, followed suggestions, no luck. I continue to get msg from /root and other virtual consoles. "I want my ISP" Thanks for any help. Looks like re-install o/s time! Dick Olson Enterprise, AL