Just a followup on the modem install: I had problems configuring my modem (dynalink 1428VQH on COM3/ttyS2, a dumb multiport modem), which was trying to share IRQ4 with COM1.
The problem was that it was /sort of/ working, but very slow to respond under minicom (about twenty seconds to ATDT) and dead under pppd. The solution (very simple, eventually) was to edit my /etc/rc.boot/0setserial file and manually configure the IRQ for ttyS2. I made it IRQ5, and the modem worked immediately. Instructions were in the file. This isn't news to an advanced user, but it was useful to know this for me as a newby. Thanks very much to the people on this list and in irc #debian (I know know irc has a function, too!) who helped me through it. Cheers! //cb ...................................................................... chris burgess [EMAIL PROTECTED] +64 9 376 8888 phone ibex web media http://www.ibex.co.nz +64 9 376 5522 fx/dt ...................................................................... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .