Comment 2 for bug 491275

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John Hagerman (handj949) wrote : Re: [Bug 491275] Re: efax- Warning: /dev/ttyS0 locked or busy - waiting

Jim Campbell wrote:
> This isn't a documentation-related bug, so I've assigned this to the
> efax-gtk package.
>
> ** Package changed: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) => efax-gtk (Ubuntu)
>
>
I beg to differ - this is NOT an efax bug - it is a bug elsewhere which
has an effect on efax. It may also have other effects elsewhere.
Would this item from the Debug log help?

Dec 2 12:26:02 dynamic-160 kernel: [ 17.900808] alloc kstat_irqs on
node 0
Dec 2 12:26:04 dynamic-160 modem-manager: (ttyS0): probe requested by
plugin 'Generic'
Dec 2 12:26:05 dynamic-160 ntpd[1691]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had
flags 4000000

or this, from the daemon log?

ugin-Ifupdown: (32744544) ... get_connections (managed=false): return
empty list.
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: Loaded plugin Sierra
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: Loaded plugin Novatel
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: Loaded plugin Ericsson MBM
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: Loaded plugin ZTE
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: Loaded plugin Option
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: Loaded plugin Gobi
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: Loaded plugin Option High-Speed
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: Loaded plugin MotoC
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: Loaded plugin Nokia
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: Loaded plugin Generic
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: Loaded plugin Huawei
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: (ttyS0) opening serial device...
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 modem-manager: (ttyS0): probe requested by
plugin 'Generic'
Nov 29 16:13:37 dynamic-160 NetworkManager: Ifupdown: get unmanaged
devices count: 0

Or
any of this, also from the daemon log?

Dec 2 12:26:07 dynamic-160 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0)
successful, device activated.
Dec 2 12:26:07 dynamic-160 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0)
Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete.
Dec 2 12:26:07 dynamic-160 acpid: client connected from 1515[0:0]
Dec 2 12:26:08 dynamic-160 ntpd[1664]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
Dec 2 12:26:08 dynamic-160 modem-manager: Got failure code 100: Unknown
error
Dec 2 12:26:09 dynamic-160 ntpdate[2121]: adjust time server
91.189.94.4 offset 0.403379 sec
Dec 2 12:26:09 dynamic-160 ntpd[2158]: ntpd 4.2.4p6@1.1549-o Fri Oct 23
04:31:46 UTC 2009 (1)
Dec 2 12:26:09 dynamic-160 ntpd[2159]: precision = 1.000 usec
Dec 2 12:26:09 dynamic-160 ntpd[2159]: Listening on interface #0
wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123 Disabled
Dec 2 12:26:09 dynamic-160 ntpd[2159]: Listening on interface #1
wildcard, ::#123 Disabled
Dec 2 12:26:09 dynamic-160 ntpd[2159]: Listening on interface #2 lo,
::1#123 Enabled
Dec 2 12:26:09 dynamic-160 ntpd[2159]: Listening on interface #3 eth0,
fe80::224:1dff:fe1f:8844#123 Enabled
Dec 2 12:26:09 dynamic-160 ntpd[2159]: Listening on interface #4 lo,
127.0.0.1#123 Enabled
Dec 2 12:26:09 dynamic-160 ntpd[2159]: Listening on interface #5 eth0,
96.52.37.161#123 Enabled

Jack