Hi, 1. Unless I su, martian_modem will not run. I have made a 'martian' entry under '/etc/modprobe.d' -- (/etc/modprobe.d/martian) install martian_dev /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install martian_dev; /usr/sbin/martian_modem (all on a single line) As well, I changed permissions on '/usr/sbin/martian_modem' to rwsr-xr-x (in case that was what prevented the normal user to run it. 2. I also tried unsuccessfully to save /etc/wvdial.conf as /home/andre/dummy/.wvdial.rc No matter what combo I tried I received ' cannot create regular file `/home/andre/dummy/.wvdial.rc': No such file or directory' How can I get these to work properly? Tia, Andre