Where to begin? I believe this describes the modem: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30bb Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21 Region 0: Memory at de300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [70] Express Unknown type IRQ 0 Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag- Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes Link: Supported Speed unknown, Width x0, ASPM unknown, Port 0 Link: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us Link: ASPM Disabled CommClk- ExtSynch- Link: Speed unknown, Width x0 Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel Capabilities: [130] Unknown (5) # equery list alsa [ Searching for package 'alsa' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ ] media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.14_rc2 (0) [I--] [ ] media-sound/alsa-headers-1.0.14_rc2 (0) [I--] [ ] media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.14_rc2-r3 (0.9) # equery list slmodem [ Searching for package 'slmodem' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ -] net-dialup/slmodem-2.9.11_pre20070505 (0) CPU=i686, This is Linux version 2.6.22-gentoo-r2 (root@system) (gcc version 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.1)) #6 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 20 13:31:39 UTC 2007 scanModem update of: 2007_August_19 ALSAversion 1.0.14rc2 USB modem not detected by lsusb Modem or host audio card candidates have firmware information: PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name ---------- --------- --------- -------------- 00:1b.0 8086:27d8 103c:30bb Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: 21: 247 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi HDA Intel --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:1b.0 ---- ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64 === Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. === === Next deducing cogent software === 8086:27d8 is a High Definition Audio card, possibly hosting a soft modem. ---ALSA bootup diagnostics --- CodecFiles not found Blacklisted modem driver lines in /etc/modprobe* files are: /etc/modprobe.conf:blacklist snd-intel8x0m /etc/modprobe.d/slmodem:blacklist snd-intel8x0m The snd-hda-intel is not supported by this kernel. PCIDEV=8086:27d8 CLASS="Class 0403: 8086:27d8" NAME="Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G " Vendor=8086 Device=27d8 SUBSYS=103c:30bb SUBNAME=" Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30bb" SUBven=103c IRQ=21 Test="./scanModem test 8086:27d8 103c:30bb" SOFT=8086:27d8 SLMODEMD_DEVICE=hw:0,1_or_6_usually PORT="hw:0,1_or_6_usually" Driver=snd-hda-intel DRIVER_=snd_hda_intel KDRIVER=SND_HDA_INTEL Basically, when I try to start slmodemd (via the init script), nothing happens (except I get a bad symlink in my /dev directory - modem -> /dev/ttySL0 You have probably seen this configuration dozens of times before, but I feel pretty stumped. Thank you in advance for your help. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC