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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:21:26 -0400 From: Gene Heskett <gheskett@...v.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: reboot housekeeping, lack thereof, is messing with me To whomever is in charge of the supposedly volatile LCK.. files in /var/lock: Its my understanding that these files should be volatile when they represent a USB usage, because a USB device can be unplugged instantly and at any time. The device nicely and dutifully disappears from an 'ls /dev' listing when a device is unplugged. Why is it then that the /var/lock/LCK..ttyUSB1 file is always left behind, so it screws up any possibility of doing a nice clean reboot and restart of the program that uses it? /var/lock is not now nor has it ever been volatile storage since its on the drive forever, or until one becomes root, deletes it, and then reboots the machine. That just cost me a days work, testing usb cables etc with a digital storage scope and a chip replacement on the other systems motherboard that in all likelyhood wasn't needed. Is this fixable? Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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