problem with serial port

[Perry Minyard 3MTA3]

In article <15030010 at hpfijdw.HP.COM> jdw at hpfijdw.HP.COM (Jeff Wood) writes:
>
>Perry -
>
>There exists a lock file that uucp and cu touch to tell the
>system the port is in use.  Check the file:
>
>	 /usr/spool/uucp/LCK..tty1a
>
>If you know that there is not a modem session running at the
>time, just blow away this file and you should be off to the
>races!
>
>Jeff Wood

Yes... I knew this and I've removed the file!!!  It keeps coming
back though!  I think it's a problem with the dialer I'm using.
I think it's getting hung, and when the getty tries to initialize
the modem using the dialHA24, it hangs... 

Thanks for the input--  PM