Hi, Slackware 10.2 kernel 2.6.16 Why is it that the symlink /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS0 is gone when machine is halted and has to be made again after rebooting? I do not know when this started, definitely it did not happen before I got my broadband connection a little over a year ago. Thanks & regards -- Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs