HI we have a 3g dongle, and pppd call will use device /dev/ttyUSB0, now the system will changed the device minor number when plug out and plug in at first time, the device will attached to ttyUSB0.the log is usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 9 usb-storage: probe of 1-1:1.0 failed with error -5 option 1-1:1.0: Option 3G data card converter detected usb 1-1: Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB0 usb-storage: probe of 1-1:1.1 failed with error -5 option 1-1:1.1: Option 3G data card converter detected usb 1-1: Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB1 after plug out ,then plug in. the log will be option 1-1:1.0: Option 3G data card converter detected usb 1-1: Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB1 usb-storage: probe of 1-1:1.1 failed with error -5 option 1-1:1.1: Option 3G data card converter detected usb 1-1: Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB2 since device number is changed, then pppd will never success. is there way to keep the name unchanged? BR Dale -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html