José María Pongilioni López writes: > I use my modem with device file /dev/ttyS1 directly). How can I > workaround this? Don't. You should use /dev/ttyS1 directly: /dev/modem is a bad idea (and it isn't a device file: it's just a link to /dev/ttyS1). -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI