the scrambled getty?

[Barton A. Fisk]

Pardon me if this has already been discussed, but lately I am
having a puzzling problem.

Hardware: 286 pc, USR 2400 modem

Software: SCO 2.2.1, news, mail, etc.

Problem:
Whenever a system dials in to transfer mail/news, frequently
the getty that is respawned after that system disconnects is
not associated with the outside world. A kill -9 has no effect
at all. Disable/Enable doesn't help. ps still shows a getty 
running, however where there is usually a "?" in the tty column,
there is now "tty2E" (the modem line).

Any attempt to dial-out gets a "line in use" error or worse,
just plain hung.

Does anyone know what's going on? Is there a fix for this?
All help appreciated...

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