I can run and dail and otherwise use minicom as root, but if I try as a regular user, I get minicom: cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Permission denied ls /dev/ttyS1 results in... crw-r----- 1 root dialout 4, 65 Feb 20 05:21 ttyS1 I'm a member of the dialout group, however. Changing group permissions on ttyS1 results in similar futility. WTF? -- Baloo