Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 12:32:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net> Cc: Dave Hummel <HUMMDN36@buffalostate.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Minicom caused crash Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970405123155.5894H-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970405073634.29519B-100000@Kryten.nina.org>
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On Sat, 5 Apr 1997, Frank Seltzer wrote: > > Make sure the permissions are ok on the device. Make sure your user is a > > member of group 'dialer'. > > Doug, > > Good suggestions but I think the problem is that Dave has a stale lock > file in /var/spool/lock that won't let him access the modem. If minicom > crashed, it probably did not delete the lock file. That too. I'm used to Seyon (I think) giving me device busy errors, and it's related to the device permissions. Thanks for the info tho. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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