Daouda See for generics: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-nineth/msg00578.html But particulars will depend on your cellphone service Provider. I had to pay an extra charge to enable my cellophone for Internet usage. This is more specific guidance at: http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/LinuxQuestions_org/CDMA_modem_phone_Howto which came up by a Google search with: "cdma linux phone" Report back presently. MarvS On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Daouda Taha <taha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > I am in Senegal and I have a CDMA phone Expresso ets2252 +. I use ubuntu > 9.04 but when I plug the USB port on the modem does not detect the machine > only sees it as a backup. My computer is Packard Bell brand. Thank you for > your help. >