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Beth:<br><br>
You might try using the command: lsof /dev/xxxx <br>
xxx is your modem line. The command should give you what it thinks
is using your modem device.<br><br>
All else fails, you recycle the machine, you might have a program running
your not aware of and this might kill it off.<br><br>
Doug<br><br>
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At 02:00 PM 6/6/2005, Stover, Beth wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="arial" size=2>Hi,<br>
</font> <br>
<font face="arial" size=2>I tried posting to the sms_client user group,
but no response. I'm hoping someone can help me here.<br>
</font> <br>
<font face="arial" size=2>My sms alerts stopped working a few days
ago. When I try to run it from the command line, I get the
following error:<br>
</font> <br>
<font face="arial"><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2>/usr/local/etc/sms (root) $ sms_client
1111111111'testing'<br>
</font><font face="arial"><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2>Dialing SMSC 2222222222...<br>
</font><font face="arial"><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2>Another program is using the
modem.<br>
</font><font face="arial"><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2>Waiting...<br>
</font><font face="arial"><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2>There's a lock file in the modem lock
directory, but it's empty:<br>
</font><font face="arial"><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2>/var/lock/LCK..cuaa4<br>
</font><font face="arial">I'm using Freebsd ver 4.4 and
</font><font face="arial" size=2>sms_client 2.0.8y.<br>
</font> <br>
<font face="arial" size=2>Can someone help?<br>
</font><br>
<font face="tahoma" size=2 color="#333399"><b>Beth
Stover</font><font face="tahoma" color="#333399"><br>
</b></font><font face="tahoma" size=2 color="#808080">Systems
Administrator</font><font face="tahoma" color="#808080"><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#808080">415.395.8768<br>
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