> > If I have pppd running and I disconnect the device (I am using a USB connection), the kernel panics and I cannot reconnect the device at the same /dev >Why do you disconnect the device whilst you are using it in the first >place? I mean, you wouldn't disconnect a USB hard drive whilst you were >writing to it, would you? True, but on the other hand, the kernel shouldn't panic. After all, such a device might become disconnected by accident, and it is supposed to be a hot plug device. It might screw things up, but there should be no panic. What are you doing over the ppp connection? NFS or some other network file system? -- I bring this all up because now Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according to everybody is the ``most reliable Windows ever.'' To me, this is like saying that asparagus is ``the most articulate vegetable ever.'' --Dave Barry http://www.hacksaw.org -- http://www.privatecircus.com -- KB1FVD