In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul McHale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Bart, > >I had the same issue with minicom. It didn't exactly lockup for me, it >would refuse to access the port.
WDYM with "refuse to access" >Or the port (device) would be >unresponsive. Define "unresponsive" A few things to check: - do not use the /dev/cua* devices. Use _only_ /dev/ttyS* - make sure there is no getty running on the serial port (/etc/inittab) - if you need a getty, use mgetty as that is the only one that knows how to lock/unlock the port properly Mike. -- First things first, but not necessarily in that order.