Opened a terminal window and ran the slmodemd command: Laptop:~$ sudo slmodemd -c CANADA --alsa hw:0,6 SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.11 Aug 6 2007 22:02:27 symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/1' created. modem `hw:0,6' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/1' Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for termination. Minimzed this terminal and opened a second terminal. Entered the wvdial command: In this instance, I added the X3 option into the "Init2 = ATQ0 X3 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0" line. Which made no difference. Laptop:~$ sudo wvdial WvDial<*1>: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.56 WvModem<*1>: Cannot get information for serial port. WvDial<*1>: Initializing modem. WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATZ WvDial Modem<*1>: ATZ WvDial Modem<*1>: OK WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATQ0 X3 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 WvDial Modem<*1>: ATQ0 X3 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 WvDial Modem<*1>: OK WvDial<*1>: Modem initialized. WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATDT7804518500 WvDial<*1>: Waiting for carrier. <<<< It waited here. WvDial Modem<*1>: ATDT7804518500 WvDial<Warn>: Timed out while dialing. Trying again. WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATDT7804518500 WvDial<*1>: Waiting for carrier. WvDial Modem<*1>: NO CARRIER WvDial Modem<*1>: ATDT7804518500 WvDial<Warn>: No Carrier! Trying again. WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATDT7804518500 WvDial<*1>: Waiting for carrier. WvDial Modem<*1>: NO CARRIER WvDial Modem<*1>: ATDT7804518500 WvDial<Warn>: No Carrier! Trying again. ... This repeated many many times until I pressed Ctrl-C. The phone cord IS plugged into the the modem jack in the computer. Checked at this location for info about the no-carrier "http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-fifth/msg00552.html"; as referred to in the slmodem.txt, but my machine does not have a /etc/module.conf file. Have read throught the ~/modules files produced by scanmodem, but not able to determine what is causing a NO CARRIER.
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