[rescue] all ports busy

[Jeremy RJ Towers]

see if a tip session is still running with

ps -ef|grep tip

edit the /etc/remote file and make entries for /dev/term/a and /dev/term/b

By default, hardwire refers to /dev/term/b.

HTH

Jeremy

Paul Phillips wrote:

> Urgh..
>
> I thought I had this working...
> (it worked last week...)
>
> Today I went to use tip on my Ultra 2 to access the serial port on my 
> headless Netra T105.
>
> No matter what I do, when I run -
> tip hardwire
> the Ultra 2 reports back:
> tip: /dev/term/a: Permission denied
> all ports busy
>
> I am running it as root.  At first I didn't know if the error was 
> referring to the ports on the target (netra) or to the ports on the 
> local maching (Ultra).  So I shut down the netra, and I still get the 
> same message.  Is something using the Ultra serial A port that 
> prevents tip from accessing it?  I don't know how to determine this.
>
> Not knowing what I was doing (always dangerous!) I used the admintool 
> to look at the serial ports.  i then shut down the zsmon on port A.  
> That made no difference.
>
> Can anyone advise?
>
> Thanks
> Paul Phillips
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