here is the output eric@ASUS-laptop:/$ sudo slmodemd -c AUSTRALIA --alsa hw:0,6 SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.11 Feb 25 2008 18:25:57 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. eric@ASUS-laptop:~$ ls -l /dev/ttySL0 /dev/pts/* crw------- 1 eric tty 136, 0 2008-06-01 11:15 /dev/pts/0 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 136, 1 2008-06-01 11:15 /dev/pts/1 crw------- 1 eric tty 136, 2 2008-06-01 11:27 /dev/pts/2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2008-06-01 11:15 /dev/ttySL0 -> /dev/pts/1 eric@ASUS-laptop:~$