Regarding ALSA suggestion: I don't think it works for me although I enabled it in the kernel and rebuilt the slmodemd with ALSA support slmodemd -a error: alsa setup: cannot open playback device 'hw:1': No such device error: cannot setup device `hw:1' my sound dev is ALI not INTEL Modem is Toshiba as I mentioned not INTEL/AMD as shown in make *config I tried different slmodemd /dev/tty* without success Just slmodemd error: mdm setup: cannot open dev `/dev/slamr0': No such device error: cannot setup device `/dev/slamr0' minicom: trying to dial in without result (no other complaints) modem_test: (w/o slamr inserted) <072.503789> SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.9 Aug 27 2004 11:34:06 <072.504004> modemA: startup modem... <072.504086> modemA: update termios... main: created modemA: /dev/pts/3 SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.9 Aug 27 2004 11:34:06 <072.504531> SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.9 Aug 27 2004 11:34:06 <072.504640> modemB: startup modem... <072.526984> modemB: update termios... main: created modemB: /dev/pts/4 modem_test: (w/ slamr inserted) SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.9 Aug 27 2004 11:34:06 <132.944302> SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.9 Aug 27 2004 11:34:06 <132.944477> modemA: startup modem... <132.944530> modemA: update termios... main: created modemA: /dev/pts/3 SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.9 Aug 27 2004 11:34:06 <132.944780> SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.9 Aug 27 2004 11:34:06 <132.944844> modemB: startup modem... <132.944875> modemB: update termios... main: created modemB: /dev/pts/4 after that is not doing anything else and I have to Ctrl+C (both cases) log output kppp: ATZ OK ATM1L1 OK ATDT96048224477 NO CARRIER ERROR Any input? Thanks, Gabriel ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca