On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 16:13, Ian Balchin wrote: > OK, OK, OK, > > I _am_ reading the modem-HOWTO and the wvdial README right now. > > I can see this is a complex subject. > > I have installed minicom but can only run from root. When run from user > I get: > > minicom cannot open /dev/ttyS1: permission denied
Check the permissions of /dev/ttyS1 with ls -al. It's most likely owned by root with a dialout group. Adding your username to the dialout group with addgroup and logging in again should allow you to use minicom with a normal user(s) of your choice. --mike