Hello, My Modemdata.txt follows.It is for an IBM Thinkpad R52 laptop. Thanks Piyush. Only plain text email is forwarded by the DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx List Server. Do use the following as the email Subject Line: SomeName, YourCountry Ubuntu 6.10 kernel 2.6.17-11-386 This will alert cogent experts, and distinguish cases in the Archives. YourCountry will enable Country Code guidance. Occassionally responses are blocked by an Internet Provider mail filters. So in a day, also check the Archived responses at http://www.linmodems.org . Local Linux experts can be found through: http://www.linux.org/groups/index.html -------------------------- System information ---------------------------- CPU=i686, Ubuntu 6.10 Linux version 2.6.17-11-386 (root@terranova) (gcc version 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)) #2 Thu Feb 1 19:50:13 UTC 2007 (Ubuntu 2.6.17-11.35-386) scanModem update of: 2007_March_05 USB modem not detected by lsusb Modem or host audio card candidates have firmware information: PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name ---------- --------- --------- -------------- 00:1e.3 8086:266d 1014:0576 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: --- Bootup diagnositcs for card in PCI slot 00:1e.3 ---- [17179572.232000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1e.3[B] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 217 [17179572.232000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:1e.3 disabled The PCI slot 00:1e.3 of the modem card may be disabled early in a bootup process, but then enabled later. If modem drivers load but the modem is not responsive, read Bootup.txt about possible fixes. Send dmesg.txt along with ModemData.txt to discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx if help is needed. === Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. === === Next deducing cogent software === ALSAversion 1.0.11 The audio card is not a modem hosting type.