after installing Marvin new slmodemd and carring out Antonio instructions Eric, You might want to change Init string here Put a "#" in front of the following one > Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 And remove it from here. > # Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 X3 &C1 &D2 +MS=90 Test out conection. Does it get to connect? It seems strange that after a kernel upgrade that SLMODEMD does not work any more since it is kernel independent. Regards, Antonio I still get [sudo] password for eric: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60 --> Cannot get information for serial port. --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 X3 &C1 &D2 +MS=90 ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 X3 &C1 &D2 +MS=90 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Please enter password (or empty password to stop): --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT0198333966 NO CARRIER --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT0198333966 --> Timed out while dialing. Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT0198333966 --> Waiting for carrier. NO CARRIER ATDT0198333966 --> No Carrier! Trying again. Caught signal 2: Attempting to exit gracefully... --> Disconnecting at Thu Aug 7 13:21:14 2008 On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 20:48 -0400, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: > Try replacing your slmodemd with the attached > >