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From: perry@bluemtn.uucp (Perry Minyard (3MTA3))
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: problem with serial port
Message-ID: <1990Feb21.134244.1852@bluemtn.uucp>
Date: 21 Feb 90 13:42:44 GMT
References: <1990Feb16.205332.918@bluemtn.uucp> <15030010@hpfijdw.HP.COM>
Reply-To: perry@bluemtn.UUCP (Perry Minyard (3MTA3))
Organization: blue mountain software
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In article <15030010@hpfijdw.HP.COM> jdw@hpfijdw.HP.COM (Jeff Wood) writes:
>
>Perry -
>
>There exists a lock file that uucp and cu touch to tell the
>system the port is in use.  Check the file:
>
>	 /usr/spool/uucp/LCK..tty1a
>
>If you know that there is not a modem session running at the
>time, just blow away this file and you should be off to the
>races!
>
>Jeff Wood

Yes... I knew this and I've removed the file!!!  It keeps coming
back though!  I think it's a problem with the dialer I'm using.
I think it's getting hung, and when the getty tries to initialize
the modem using the dialHA24, it hangs... 

Thanks for the input--  PM