I used to have the same problem ocassionally with the daemon waiting for a
lock on /dev/XXX. I used to just removed the lock file from /var/spool.
Since I went to Transcript 2.1, I have not had this problem.
Brett Chapman
G.E. Medical Systems
(414) 548-5156
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