I'm trying to use KPilot under 10.0; like several other things, it used to work for me, albeit awkwardly, under 9.1. But now I can't get the connection going, and KPilot gives me the message that /dev/pilot doesn't exist. I've determined that the Palm device (a Zire) is getting detected, since dmesg shows: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 12 visor 1-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected usb 1-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0 usb 1-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1 Furthermore, while the Palm is attempting to connect, I also have: pwa@suillus:~> ls -l /dev/ttyUSB* crw-rw----+ 1 root uucp 188, 0 2005-11-14 21:23 /dev/ttyUSB0 crw-rw----+ 1 root uucp 188, 1 2005-11-14 21:23 /dev/ttyUSB1 These devices go away when the Palm gives up on the connection. I would guess that /dev/ttyUSB? needs additional permissions, but I can't just add them because the devices themselves are transient. So how can I get the connection going? Paul