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Dan Schmidt wrote:
>
> Other times it says: 
> "Failed to open /dev/ttyS4: No such device."  

That's the message I would expect when no serial device
is on /dev/ttyS4.

> Still other times no message appears, just the terminal
> indicator. If I then type ppp-off, it says "terminated".  

So, it appears that *something* may be at /dev/ttyS4
but not exactly what is expected.  It may be that Sindi's
guess (that it's a winmodem) might be correct.

> If I run pppsetup and enter ttyS0 (or any number up to 3), 
> it says: "registered device ppp0". No terminal indicator 
> is then displayed; 

Please explain exactly what you mean by the "terminal
indicator".  

> When this happens, the system will not respond to any 
> command I know, except ctrl+alt+del which, of course, 
> reboots.  Is there any other option in that situation?

ctrl-C works in some situations.  If that doesn't work,
ctrl-alt-F2 will usually take you to tty2 where you can 
kill the process tying up tty1.

Cheers,
Steven