Francois, Sounds like resource conflicts, which should be minimized. Browse http://linmodems.technion.ac.il and download scanModem.gz . Within a Linux partition gunzip scanModem.gz To make it executable: chmod +x scanModem Run diagnositics with: ./scanModemOnly the ouput ModemData.txt should be sent to Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Also do$ dmesg >> patte.txt$ lsmod >> patte.txt$ lsmod >> patte.txtand send the patte.txt too. MarvS On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:53 AM, François Patte<francois.patte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----> Hash: SHA1>> Bonjour,>> I have a modem Intel:>> Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem> Controller (rev 03)>> Which runs with slmodem... when it works: sometimes, I don't know why, I> don't know how, it is impossible to use the modem, I get these info from> the dialer (vppp):>> Jul 29 09:36:07 bhaskara kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2> Jul 29 09:36:07 bhaskara pppd[2830]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: report (CONNECT)> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: abort on (BUSY)> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: abort on (ERROR)> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: abort on (BLACKLISTED)> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: abort on (NO CARRIER)> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: abort on (NO ANSWER)> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: send (AT^M)> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: expect (OK)> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: AT^M^M> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: OK> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: -- got it> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: send (ATDT0860888080^M)> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: expect (CONNECT)> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: ^M> Jul 29 09:36:08 bhaskara chat[2841]: ATDT0860888080^M^M>> Then, nothing....! Then: alarm! Modem hang up.>> In that case, I can control that the computer is not "talking" at all on> the phone line: nothing has been sent!>> And I have to restart the computer, like a poor windows machine, if I> want to have my modem working. Sometimes I have to restart it several times.>>> I get no info in the log files, and I don't know where to start to get> some clue on what is wrong these days when I cannot connect my modem.>> Thanks for helping.> - --> François Patte> UFR de mathématiques et informatique> Université Paris Descartes> 45, rue des Saints Pères> F-75270 Paris Cedex 06> Tél. +33 (0)1 44 55 35 61> http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----> Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux)> Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org>> iD8DBQFIjsxndE6C2dhV2JURAgfaAJ91BMwYjPo7UJRdO6Q0GO6CYmx3MgCfRLL8> oMsxYOc40+KOBd+3p7QpzN0=> =Uk6h> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----->