hi, When i install mandrake6.0 skipping the network(not dialup) settings kppp clearly sees my modem which is on com2 in windows(modem:us robotics 56.6 voice int) But when i do not skip and do the network preferences(ethernet card: realtek 8139) kppp says "sorry your modem is busy" or something like that... below lists /proc/ioports and /proc/interrupts i hope these will satisfy the need how can i solve that device conflict? (if it is so) i tried writing linux ether=9,0xd000,eth0 in LILO BOOT but didnt work. /proc/ioports 0000-001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0070-007f : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : ide1 01f0-01f7 : ide0 0220-022f : soundblaster 02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 0330-0333 : MPU-401 UART 0376-0376 : ide1 0388-038b : Yamaha OPL3 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f6-03f6 : ide0 03f8-03ff : serial(auto) d000-d07f : eth0 d800-d807 : ide0 d808-d80f : ide1 /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 32107 XT-PIC timer 1: 533 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 1 XT-PIC soundblaster 8: 2 XT-PIC rtc 9: 351 XT-PIC eth0 12: 9607 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu 14: 27436 XT-PIC ide0 15: 11 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 and this is what i get when run ifconfig: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:B4:94:08:C8 inet addr:10.10.10.1 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:549 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:548 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:9 Base address:0xd000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:236 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:236 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 with my thanks and love, baris