Unable to re-establish my internet connection. My initial install of LM 7.2 setup internet OK. So I know the hardware/modem is not the problem. While messing with cups to try to get user access to my printer, I broke LM badly - flashing monitor, no NTLDR or boot on startup, boot floppy just gets back to flashing monitor - so I used the CDs to do an update ( 2 hours + on this 166Hz/64MB machine). The update got me back to where I could use DrakConf to setup my ISP connect info. But many tries with various combinations of info never got a beep out of the modem - and no messages that I could find. So I tried the manual for kppp. But I could not find any help in where to start, or how to troubleshoot. Next I tried the ISP-Hookup-HOWTO. It led me thru a verification of files: /etc/hosts.deny ALL: ALL /etc/hosts.accept ALL: LOCAL /etc/HOSTNAME Don /etc/hosts 127.0.0.0 localhost 0.0.0.0 donm /etc/networks loopback 127.0.0.0 localnet 0.0.0.0 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets donm * passwd ( where passwd = my ISP passwd) /etc/ppp/chatscript #this file did not exist so I built it as #instructed in the HOWTO TIMEOUT 5 "" ATZ OK ATDT12345678 ABORT "NO CARRIER" ABORT BUSY ABORT "NO DIALTONE" ABORT WAITING TIMEOUT 45 CONNECT "" TIMEOUT 5 The above was implemented as root with cmd: exec pppd connect \ 'chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chatscript' \ -detach crtscts modem defaultroute \ user donm /dev/modem 38400 This gets as far as showing ATZ on the screen and then error: /dev/modem permission denied I tried all permission settings on /dev/modem and its link to /dev/ttyS1 but could never get past this error. The first char in the permission strings for /dev files are not normal files and may prohibit direct access. But the HOWTO script says do it. I tried chmod, chgrp, chown to all possibilities but never got past the error. After a day of this I need help ! Don