Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 07:39:04 -0500 (EST) From: Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Dave Hummel <HUMMDN36@buffalostate.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Minicom caused crash Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970405073634.29519B-100000@Kryten.nina.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970404203714.2591G-100000@localhost>
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On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Dave Hummel wrote: > > > This is actually the second time this has happened. Minicom caused a reboot > > when starting up. I wasn't paying enought attention to see if it happened during > > modem initialization, but I have a feeling it did. Now I also get "Device > > /dev/modem locked" errors in Kermit and Minicom. My modem performs nicely under > > dos kermit and ijjppp. Any ideas on what may have caused this? Also, how to > > unlock modem? > > 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. > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > Frank -- Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a draft dodger sleeps in the White House - anonymous
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