Re: [Sheflug] Process locking

[Pieter Meiring <nospam [at] libertysurf.co.uk>]

On Sunday 14 January 2001  3:59 pm, you wrote:

> Then trying to start tnt gives the "Device locked by process" error, with a
> different process number each time I try it.
>

This usually means the lock file created by a program using the /dev/ttyS0 
device has not been removed at the time of killing the program process. The 
lock file usually sits in the "/var/lock/"  directory and is usually called 
"LCK..ttyS0" or something similar.
If you are sure no process is using the device in question (you have killed 
it or it has crashed without removing the lock file) you may delete the lock 
file with impunity.

Pieter
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