Hmmm..
try
lsof | grep ttyS0
and see who has the tty in lock...it should be pppd only...Is the lock file
present..??
A
>
> > su
> > and then
> > rm /var/lock/lck..ttyS0
> >
> > If the lock persists look for pppd in ps aux and kill it...
> > If the lock still persists use lsof to see who is using the file and
kill
> > that process..
> >
>
>
> actually that is what I have tried and didn't work, except for the lsof
> which is completely new to me, when I do:
> lsof /var/lock/LCK..ttyS2
> it doesn't list any processes even when I know pppd is what created it,
> is that the way you meant I should use ?
>
> thanks
>
>
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