I just downgraded the kernel to linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2 and the bug doesn't occur. So it must have been introduced somewhere between 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2 and 2.6.21-4. With 2.6.21-4 it is reproducible every time. And not only 'statserial' triggers it, but also for example running 'picocom' on /dev/ttyUSB2. -- Miernik http://miernik.name/