Clear Line command does not clear a reverse telnet connection

[jeffrey.girard]

I have a 2511 that I use in my lab as a terminal server. Connections work great, except using the command "clear line x" does not always clear the connections. I enter the command "clear line 1" and press enter. I get the [confirm] message. I press enter. Doing a show line still shows the line as being tied up (indicated by an asterisk). I can repeat the clear line command several times with no changes. Its not all the lines, only some of them. (I have 2xoctal cables being used with 16 devices). Thoughts?

Jeff

[mchin345]

The asterisk indicates the current terminal session. Suppose if your terminal server is using the line 19, even though u give clear line 19, the line will not be cleared.

Example

Router#clear line 19

% Not allowed to clear current line

5:39:31 PM

Router#sh line

Tty Typ Tx/Rx A Modem Roty AccO AccI Uses Noise Overruns Int

0 CTY - - - - - 0 1 4/214436 -

1 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 44 598 2/8 -

2 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 43 405 11026/33074 -

3 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 30 861 64/201 -

4 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 23 279 64/200 -

5 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 22 102 56/174 -

6 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 16 61 11057/33178 -

7 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 19 181 11138/33423 -

8 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 16 260 11147/33453 -

9 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 23 95638 11142/33438 -

10 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 16 141025 68/209 -

11 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 5 0 0/0 -

12 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 17 786 11101/33307 -

13 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 11 123 11141/33428 -

14 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 15 24 0/0 -

15 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 3 92 47/142 -

16 TTY 9600/9600 - - - - - 5 297 0/0 -

17 AUX 9600/9600 - - - - - 0 0 0/0 -

18 VTY - - - - - 44 0 0/0 -

* 19 VTY - - - - - 23 0 0/0 -

5:39:55 PM

Even after clearing the line used by TermServer will not be cleared