About a month ago, I left a message regarding not being able to start a usb wireless device on boot, and I was hoping to find a command to start it (suse 9.3). As often happens, I go no response. I don't know if no one knew the answer, or if those that did thought it was a stupid quiestion, or if it is clearly stated in the doc (from one trying to free oneself from the newbie status-no linux doc is direct, clear, with examples, etc.-this will be the linux failing- to achieve major market share), and I should have rtfm. Testing the test of insanity, I will again try go get some assistance. I fount /etc/usc/50-usb.hotplug, and ran it with the error: line 40: ACTION: Bad invocation: $ACTION is not set I attempted to assign "add" to $action using export, with no sucess (as best as I can figure out, export in linus is like set in dos) If I unplug it, then plug it in, the light on the usb device comes on and I can access the net. If I can't solve the bootup issue, I would at least like to create a batch file - - uh, I mean script, that will start the usb device. Now I am plugging/unplugging the device every day, wearing down the gold on the connector until, alas, there will be no more. tia, -- John R. Sowden AMERICAN SENTRY SYSTEMS, INC. Residential & Commercial Alarm Service UL Listed Central Station Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1967 mail@americansentry.net www.americansentry.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org