On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, W. Crowshaw wrote: > ... /dev/ttyS0 is the only one > that actually makes my modem dial. This could be because I am > running Debian on Macintosh 7500 PowerPC with 2 serial ports, one for > the printer and the other for the modem. Aha! You are on a Mac? You must have had to custom compile your kernel. Are you sure you have the PPP module installed. Check with: more /proc/modules Dwight