o.k., pls see results below. i am too inexperienced to glean meaning, if any? i had wondered about the "c" prefix, but could not locate meaning by googling - gave up. understand now that the rfcomm0 is not a bonefide file.
ro...@rocky-desktop:~$ ps ax | grep rfcomm 49 ? S< 0:00 [krfcommd] 3720 ? S 0:00 cat /dev/rfcomm0 4405 ? S 0:00 cat /dev/rfcomm0 4674 ? S 0:00 wc /dev/rfcomm0 16008 pts/3 R+ 0:00 grep rfcomm ro...@rocky-desktop:~$ lsof | grep rfcomm krfcommd 49 root cwd unknown /proc/49/cwd (readlink: Permission denied) krfcommd 49 root rtd unknown /proc/49/root (readlink: Permission denied) krfcommd 49 root txt unknown /proc/49/exe (readlink: Permission denied) krfcommd 49 root NOFD /proc/49/fd (opendir: Permission denied) mark -- Cannot open /dev/rfcomm0: Permission denied after upgrade to 9.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374782 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs