The intel driver compiled fine. However, with minicom it would not work. I installed the linuxant driver and all is well. On my HP laptop, lspci showed: 00:08.0 Modem: ALi Corporation Intel 537 [M5457 AC-Link Modem] After viewing this info, I went to the intel site and downloaded the ham modem driver which it said is for this particular modem on the intel site according to the 537 and M5457 numbers in the lspci output. Changing init strings, etc would not get the modem working with this so-called ham modem driver. I am still unsure what modem I have or what chip it contains. What I thought to be an Intel modem did not work with the free intel driver for this modem, so I decided to try my luck and install the linuxant HSF driver binary and it worked. Am I mistaken about this modem being an intel modem and thinking it would work with the specified free intel driver? What does M5457 AC-Link modem mean? I also realized this user had a different modem then I... and stated that in my post. "i'm not sure what type of modem you have" meaning I'm not sure if your modem is supported by the linuxant driver. The Linuxant driver supports several win or softmodems. As for the intel driver, I am pretty sure my modem was listed and I downloaded the correct driver, but I could not get it to work. jay On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 06:17:32PM +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am So, den 18.04.2004 schrieb Jay Daniels um 07:37: > > > Funny Alexander:) > > > > The intel driver for my winmodem on my HP laptop didn't work. I > > followed the instructions and develped a few wrinkles and serious > > headache. Hey I did read the readme file;) > > "Didn't work" is not anything someone can get useful information from, > unfortunately. Did you fail compiling the driver or did loading the > module not found your modem? > > Ok, sometimes reading and thinking is not enough, that's right ;) > > > The Linuxant HSF driver works. Well worth the $20 licensed. There is > > a trial driver but it's limited to 14.4. Try it to see if it works > > before you buy. > > > > http://www.linuxant.com/ > > > > Make take some trial and error to see which one you need. I used the > > HSF driver for mine, however, I'm not sure what type of modem you > > have. > > Well, there are Intel drivers for the poster's modem, so I think it is a > good start to use that driver source. As I posted on my system the > driver compiled without any problem. I just have not any Intel winmodem, > so I could not check loading the modules and recognizing hardware. > > Stuart contacted me in personal mail and we'll see how far he will get. > > > jay > > Alexander