have a US Robotics ISDN TA modem connected to the USB port. Yast2 recognizes it, put in all of the ISP info, but when I dial with kinternet, I get the following: Selection of new interface/provider "ppp3"/"sonic.net" succeeded. Starting connection. (2002-08-03 13:59:45 PDT) pppd: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded. pppd: Perms of /dev/ttyACM0 are ok, no 'mesg n' neccesary. pppd: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.42 pppd: --> Initializing modem. pppd: --> Sending: ATM1 pppd: OK pppd: --> Modem initialized. pppd: --> Sending: ATDT17075221001 pppd: --> Waiting for carrier. pppd: NO CARRIER pppd: --> No Carrier! Trying again. pppd: --> Sending: ATDT17075221001 pppd: --> Waiting for carrier. pppd: NO CARRIER pppd: --> No Carrier! Trying again. pppd: --> Sending: ATDT17075221001 pppd: --> Waiting for carrier. pppd: NO CARRIER pppd: --> No Carrier! Trying again. pppd: --> Sending: ATDT17075221001 pppd: --> Waiting for carrier. pppd: NO CARRIER pppd: --> No Carrier! Trying again. pppd: --> Sending: ATDT17075221001 pppd: --> Waiting for carrier. pppd: NO CARRIER pppd: --> No Carrier! Trying again. pppd: --> Sending: ATDT17075221001 pppd: --> Waiting for carrier. Stopping connection. (2002-08-03 14:05:26 PDT) pppd: Terminating on signal 15. pppd: Connect script failed We are disconnected. (2002-08-03 14:05:27 PDT) I know there is a carrier as I can dial in Win2k and get it to work. If I use KPPP, I get a Selection of interface/provider "ppp3"/"sonic.net" succeeded. Starting connection. (2002-08-03 13:09:24 PDT) pppd: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded. pppd: Perms of /dev/ttyACM0 are ok, no 'mesg n' neccesary. pppd: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.42 pppd: --> Initializing modem. pppd: --> Sending: ATM1 pppd: --> Sending: ATQ0 pppd: OK pppd: --> Re-Sending: ATM1 pppd: OK pppd: --> stdin not read/write and $MODEM not set pppd: Connect script failed pppd died: Connect script failed (exit code 8) What is the line "pppd: --> stdin not read/write and $MODEM not set" mean? Art