On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 07:16 -0500, jack wallen wrote: > wow - just figured it out - it's an SELinux problem. i disabled it and > now the usb is working. why would this have occured? You're not supposed to complain about that, SELinux didn't want you to compromise the security of your system by attaching sh*t, you bad man. That's what God intended the serial port for. It's safe, it's secure and it's so 1990's. (pre-9/11) Use that instead, or disable SElinux. <chuckles> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================