(In reply to Dieter Jurzitza from comment #8) > You are totally right. So, my initial procedure was wrong, causing the error > message with the symlink - I guess there were two symlinks at the end of the > day, messing up. > > However, I see no way to cope with the modem device on boot but to use a > symlink. If someone switches the connector and reboots, he is currently > forced to reassign the device name in order to restart mgetty on the right > device file. 1) Does this happen ofthe (switching of cables)? 2) Perhaps you could enable mgetty for all serial devices ...