Hi On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 10:48:23AM -0400, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: > You can't blacklist snd-hda-intel as the agrsm drivers depend on it > for 11c11040 chips > Try: > $ sudo /etc/init.d/pulseaudio stop > before the modem tests. Thanks. I had to do some more to stop pulseaudio. Now gnome-ppp says: --> Looks like a login prompt. --> Sending: ***@is.co.za ***@is.co.za Password: --> Looks like a password prompt. --> Sending: (password) % Authentication failed Username: --> Looks like a login prompt. --> Sending: ***@is.co.za --> Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best. --> Starting pppd at Sun Aug 16 19:47:18 2009 --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied --> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky. --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied --> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky. --> Pid of pppd: 5801 --> Using interface ppp0 --> Disconnecting at Sun Aug 16 19:47:27 2009 --> The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16) --> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail. --> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd man pages for more information. --> Auto Reconnect will be attempted in 5 seconds --> 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. I will recheck on the username and password. regards, Jan -- .~. /V\ Jan Groenewald /( )\ www.aims.ac.za ^^-^^