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> I have an external USR. When I upgraded from RH5.1 to 5.2, I now find that
> my modem becomes locked if I inadvertantly use minicom vs. xminicom and
> then I exit it.
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> I get the message "Device /dev/modem is locked" when I try to access the
> modem. Powering the modem down or pulling its phone connection does no good.
> The only way I can regain use of my modem is to reboot Linux. How can I
> escape the lock without rebooting?
Delete the lock file being left over by minicom.
Normaly that would be something like /var/lock/ttyS1...LCK
rm /var/lock/ttyS1...LCK
If of course nothing is using it.
'locate LCK' should find the lock file if it is another directory.
Lock files can be located in /var/spool/locks /usr/spool/uucp as well.
BTW: ttyS1 is comm2, to see which commport your modem is on do;
ls -al /dev/modem if you don already know of course.
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> Haines Brown
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