The /dev/MAKEDEV in debian 1.1.4 (I dont see any mention in the ChangeLog up to 1.1.8) has not had the patch to fixed the minor device numbers for the cyclades devices. The patch is in the kernel sources drivers/char/README.cyclomY -- Bernard Leach La Trobe Uni Melbourne Australia leachbj@cs.latrobe.edu.au http://www.cs.latrobe.edu.au/~leachbj/