Hi Marvin, thank you for your help, On 2009-01-23 00:38, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: > The setup command you should be using is: > $ sudo slmodemd -c GERMANY --alsa modem:1 This gives me error: alsa setup: cannot open playback device 'modem:1': Device or resource busy error: cannot setup device `modem:1' > It is worth while checking whether you can do an ordinary ppp0 > connection to your Internent Provider Unfortunatelly I can't. Log of GNOME PPP: --> Ignoring malformed input line: ";Do NOT edit this file by hand!" --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60 --> Cannot get information for serial port. --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Sending: ATM1L3DT01920793 --> Waiting for carrier. ATM1L3DT01920793 --> Timed out while dialing. Trying again. --> Maximum Attempts Exceeded..Aborting!! --> Disconnecting at Fri Jan 23 17:35:17 2009 The same happens with settings: Check carrier line: no Ignore terminal strings (stupid mode): yes I can get connection to this provider on Windows. btw how can I configure the modem / sound car to acustically control fax/internet connection attempts? Actually I can't hear anything from laptop seakers ... > Separately I'll send you a package of FAX protocols effective for a > related modem using slmodemd and the slamr.ko driver. > > MarvS Quoted from another eMail: >From http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/Ubuntu/ > get the slamr-2.6.27-9-generic.tar.gz . Unpack. THere is a fax folder therein. > I don't have any fax experience myself. > > Do NOT use the slmodemd in this tarball. It is not ALSA proficient hmm... I can't found the fax (sub?)folder in that archive. Anyway, what should I do with files in that archive? wbr Eugen