Daniel Your system seems properly setup for slmodemd support of Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller " CLASS=0403 PCIDEV=8086:27d8 SUBSYS=1179:ff00 IRQ=42 HDA2=00:1b.0 SOFT=8086:27d8.HDA HDAchipVendorID=11c1 CHIP=0x11c13026 IDENT=slmodemd SLMODEMD_DEVICE=hw:0,6 Driver=snd-hda-intel Run $ sudo wvdialconf which should output /etc/wvdial.conf Use $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdialconf to edit in your personal info while deleting symbols ; < > and adding a line: Carrier check = no Then try dialing out with $ sudo wvdial Send further question to the List MarvS On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:36 AM, <garc2a01@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > my name is Daniel and I am a student in Germany. > I recently installed linux mint 11 on my laptop. At the moment I'm having > trouble getting internet access with my laptop via cable. Wireless works, > but I need to access the internet via cable in my dorm. > > From this website http://132.68.73.235/linmodems/index.html#scanModem I was > able to use scanmodem and I have attached the modemdata file. Is it even > possible that my problem is related to missing softmodem drivers? > I have no extensive experience with linux and do not know how to compile > drivers. > > Any guidance would be appreciated. > >