Francios, scanModem reports that you need hsfmodem drivers available through linuxant: Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:1e.3: Modem chipset detected on NAME="Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW " CLASS=0703 PCIDEV=8086:266d SUBSYS=1014:0576 IRQ=23 SOFT=8086:266d.MC97 CodecArchived=CXT CodecClass=CXT IDENT=hsfmodem Driver=hsfmodem-drivers For candidate modem in: 00:1e.3 0703 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW Primary device ID: 8086:266d Subsystem PCI_id 1014:0576 Softmodem codec or chipset from diagnostics: from Archives: CXT, a Conexant type using hsfmodem software. CXTnn is a generic for all CXTnumbers, with Linuxant hsfmodem software support. Support type needed or chipset: hsfmodem Writing DOCs/Intel.txt For owners of a Dell PCs with Conexant HSF modems, a driver source package with full speed enabled is available, but requires driver compiling. Read DOCs/Conexant.txt From http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads-ubuntu-x86.php download hsfmodem-7.80.02.05full_k2.6.31_17_generic_ubuntu_i386.deb.zip Under Linux unpack with: $ unzip hsfmodem*.zip Then install with: $ sudo dpkg -i hsfmodem*.deb Subsequently, the modem should be found with $ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf Edit in your personal information with: $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf and try dialing out with: $ sudo wvdial. See DOCs/Testing.txt for details. The directions following below need only be pursued, if the above procedures are not adequate. Start at http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/downloads-license.php to find the hsfmodem package matching your System. For several Linux distros, there are precompiled drivers matched to specific kernels. These have within the FileName, your KernelVersion: 2.6.31_17_generic They can be found through http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads.php A more precise location may be given a few paragraphs below. If an EXACT Match with your your KernelVersion is not found, one of the "Generic packages with source" near the bottom of the page must be used. Downloaded packages must be moved into the Linux partition (home folder is OK) and unzipped with: unzip hsf*.zip The installation command for a .deb suffic packages is, with root/adm permission: sudo dpkg -i hsf*.deb while for .rpm suffix it is, with: rpm -i hsf*.rpm Read DOCs/Conexant.txt On linuxant page for hsfmodem drivers for Ubuntu: (*) Note for Ubuntu 9.04 and 8.04 users: Installing the alsa-driver-linuxant package is required before installing the HSF driver package. Users with non-HDA modems might prefer installing a generic package which doesn't depend on alsa-driver-linuxant. Visit the page http://www.linuxant.com/alsa-driver/ for more information. Since you are using Ubuntu, download: http://www.linuxant.com/alsa-driver/archive/alsa-driver-linuxant-1.0.20.3/alsa-driver-linuxant_1.0.20.3_all.deb.zip unzip and install with $ sudo dpkg -i alsa-driver* Hope this helps, Antonio On 4/4/10, François Tardif <francoistardif@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > If anybody could help me to set up the modem, it would be so nice. > > I followed the instructions of scanModem.gz > > Thanks > > > François >