0) See the example at See the example at http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-eighth/msg03863.html 1) install the package dkms, which you can get through http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/dkms which is well supported under Jaunty now 2) you will have to use and older kernel for a while, get http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid-updates/i386/kernel-image-2.6.27-11-generic-di/download http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/linux-headers-2.6.27-11 3) get from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/ agrsm_howto.txt agrsm-tools_0.0.1_all.deb dkms-agrsm_2.1.80-7_i386.deb 4) sudo dpkg -i dkms_2*.deb linux*.deb will install the dkms, the linux-headers and linux-image package. 5) reboot using the 2.6.27-11 kernel $ sudo dpkg -i dkms-agrms*.deb agrsm-tools*.deb which will invite dkms to compile & install the agrmodem + agrmodem drivers from the dkms-agrms 6) sudo agrsm-test will do a first functional test of the modem. We are currently in the process of updating the agrsm code to work under Jaunty, but it is not yet fully confirmed under 2.6.28 kernels yet, so use of the 2.6.27 kernel is necessary temporarily Marv S scanModem maintainer