This is what BitPim is showing me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- active True Your operating system shows this driver and port is correctly configured and a device attached available False It was not possible to open this port description USB Device - Vendor LG Electroncs, Product VX Series Phone (Direct USB connection), (Interface Modem Interface) driver-required True This indicates if you must use a device driver, not direct USB access libusb True This indicates if the usb library is in use to access this device. Operating system device drivers (if any) are bypassed when BitPim talks to the device name usb::002::003::1 This is the name the port is known to your operating system as protocol Data / Generic This is the protocol the USB device claims to speak usb-productstring Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM --------------------------------------------------------------- lsusb shows me this: Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1004:6000 LG Electronics, Inc. VX4400/VX6000 Cellphone Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 09da:0006 A4 Tech Co., Ltd Optical Mouse WOP-35 / Trust 450L Optical Mouse Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03f0:4c11 Hewlett-Packard Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 ------------------------------------------------------------ So, BitPim and lsusb are seeing the same thing, but I need a driver as opposed to a library?? Whassup? Anyone understand this?? Thanks! 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 <---down4now too ================================================