Problem with open()

[ckrohn at my-deja.com]

I'm just starting out with Python and I'm having a strange problem.

I'm trying to open a modem device so that I can talk to it, but the
following line just seems to hang:

  modem = open('/dev/ttyS1', 'w+')
  print "Modem opened!"

I never get to the modem opened line.  Now I know the modem works
because I can use minicom, diald, etc and they work fine.  The open
function also seems to work fine if I point it to a port that doesn't
actually have a modem on it ('/dev/ttyS0' for example).

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?


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