Thank you for replying. I get: [root@localhost /root]# chmod 755 /dev/thinkpad chmod: getting attributes of `/dev/thinkpad': No such file or directory [root@localhost /root]# Hmmm... Shawn > > Does "chmod 755 /dev/thinkpad" help? > > Tino > ----- The Linux ThinkPad mailing list ----- The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at: http://www.bm-soft.com/~bm/tp_mailing.html