L. Whiteside <liam@whitesnd.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Obviously I can edit /etc/inittab, disabled the mgetty line and run > init q. Is there any easier way? Configure minicom to use proper tty lock files. Do a strings `which minicom` | grep / and see what the lock path is. It could be something like /var/locks. It MUST be exactly the same as the one mgetty uses.