Hi suse experts, Since upgrading to 6.3, I get a "/dev/cua1: Device or resource busy" error when trying to use rz from within kermit to download files. The command, implimented as a macro in kermit is: rz /dev/modem and has been working fine for years. The first time I tried a download after the SuSE upgrade I got "/dev/cua1: permission denied" as I had forgotten to give world rw permission on this device. After setting its mode to 666, I now get the busy error. I suspect there may be a stale lock left after the initial attempt, but that's just a guess. In any case, I can't find any lock to remove, searching /proc/locks and /var/lock. In /var/lock is the LCK..modem file, but no other; removing that file doesn't free up /dev/cua1. /dev/modem is a symlink to /dev/ttyS1. Quitting and restarting kermit doesn't help either. I seem to recall reading odds and ends of changes in the serial-port structure in recent kernels, but, just-my-luck, I can't seem to find any of those refs now. I don't see anything applicable in the 6.3 manual. FWIW, here's the /proc/locks file (it's short); can anyone see something related to /dev/cua1 in here, and if so, how to I remove that lock? ----------------/proc/locks:-------------------------- 1: FLOCK ADVISORY WRITE 0 08:01:208082 0 2147483647 c2977c80 00000000 c2977da0 00000000 00000000 2: FLOCK ADVISORY WRITE 0 08:01:146955 0 2147483647 c2977da0 c2977c80 c2977c20 00000000 00000000 3: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 2095 08:01:146929 0 2147483647 c2977c20 c2977da0 00000000 00000000 00000000 ---------------end /proc/locks----------------------- Is there some other place I should be looking for resource locks? TIA, jimo@eskimo.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/