I believe mgetty-fax or start-stop-daemon and the /etc/init.d/mgetty-fax script does not handle the port correctly.
Does anyone else have it? [03:42:11 /tmp]$ cat /var/lock/LCK..ttyS2 623 [03:43:12 /tmp]$ ps 623 PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND [03:43:15 /tmp]$ tail /var/log/mgetty/mg_ttyS2.log 01/23 03:38:36 yS2 mod: cannot open line /dev/ttyS2: Device or resource busy 01/23 03:38:36 yS2 open device /dev/ttyS2 failed: Device or resource busy 01/23 03:38:36 yS2 cannot get terminal line dev=ttyS2, exiting: Device or resource busy -- 01/23 03:38:36 yS2 mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.21-Jul24 01/23 03:38:36 yS2 check for lockfiles 01/23 03:38:36 yS2 locking the line 01/23 03:38:36 yS2 mod: cannot open line /dev/ttyS2: Device or resource busy 01/23 03:38:36 yS2 open device /dev/ttyS2 failed: Device or resource busy 01/23 03:38:36 yS2 cannot get terminal line dev=ttyS2, exiting: Device or resource busy[03:43:28 /tmp]$ ls -l /var/lock/LCK..ttyS2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11 Jan 23 03:43 /var/lock/LCK..ttyS2