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>Historically, Linux used <TT
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>cuaX</TT
> devices for dial-out and <TT
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>ttySx</TT
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devices for dial-in.</P
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>The kernel code that required this was changed in kernel version 2.0.x
and you should now use <TT
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>ttySx</TT
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understand that the <TT
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>cuaX</TT
> device names may well disappear in future
kernel versions.</P
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