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Old 02-07-2010, 11:32 PM   #1
shariefbe
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/dev/ttyUSB* is getting locked


Hello,
I am using Ubuntu 9.10.When ever i tri minicom i am getting error message as
Code:
Device /dev/ttyUSB0 is locked.
sharief@sharief-desktop:~$
I searched in /var/lock/ file. Nothing in that.
Code:
sharief@sharief-desktop:/var/lock$ ls
sharief@sharief-desktop:/var/lock$
then i searched /var/tmp/. No file related to ttyUSB*.
Code:
sharief@sharief-desktop:/var/tmp$ ls
motd.tail.swp
sharief@sharief-desktop:/var/tmp$
i searched in /tmp/ also. I didnt found any thing related to ttyUSB*
Code:
sharief@sharief-desktop:/tmp$ ls
keyring-gh9KXe  orbit-sharief  pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n  pulse-z0Fis1zFYvrJ  seahorse-OZ5gwy  ssh-FtAuvo3036  virtual-sharief.Vcp4dL
sharief@sharief-desktop:/tmp$
So please help me. what will be the problem. Sometimes it is working but after sometime it is getting locked. Please help me
 
Old 02-09-2010, 10:55 PM   #2
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You have asked the same question before also !

This time did you try asking this question on the Ubuntu's mailing list ?

Check out the following link:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
 
  


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