On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 01:42 -0800, Mike Connors wrote: > Keith wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 01:21 -0800, Mike Connors wrote: > > > >> Keith wrote: > >> > >>> I can run minicom as root on openSuSE 11.2, but when I attempt to run it > >>> as a user I get the message "Cannot create lockfile. Sorry.". I have > >>> checked to make sure that I have permissions in that group, dialout, for > >>> that device and I can operate it without minicom. Is there a permission > >>> problem with the lock file? I can run the same version of minicom in > >>> Fedora as a user with no problems. > >>> > >> Dumb question, but is the username that you're using in the group that > >> has the > >> correct permissions? > >> > > > > > > Yes, the user name is in the user group. The device can be operated by > > the user using other programs, just minicom complains about a lockfile.
> Hmm, this is pretty straightforward. This sounds more like a bug. > You could try running the command with 'strace' and see if that provides > any insight. Ok I found out what it was with starce. The programs lockfile could not be made with the default location so I just changed the location of the file to the home dir & the problem went away. TFYH. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
