[wellylug] modem and power cuts

[jumbophut]

On 6/7/05, krjimh at paradise.net.nz wrote:
> Hi,
> Can anyone suggest what my modem is doing. After the power cuts caused by
> lightning last week my modem can't be opened by kppp from any user account.
> 
> However it goes ok from root. I have checked to see if anything has changed in
> /etc/groups and nothing has.
> 

It's possible that it has to do with lock files.  It depends on
whether your kppp is doing lock files in your home dir or somewhere
under /var/lock.

If this file exists:

$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kppp/kppp.pid

Try deleting it.

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