i have a D-Link DFM-560I+ hardware modem provided by a good reseller my first modem was completly gone so i had to look for a new one. but this modem shows up in cat /proc/pci but will not be found by anything other then that.
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Bus 0, device 12, function 0:
Communication controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 8).
Vendor id=14f1. Device id=1035.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=64.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfedf0000 [0xfedf0000].
I/O at 0xfcf8 [0xfcf9].
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its defently there i used setserial quite a few times and its a hardware modem so it should not have a problem. also this is what shows up in wvdial

root@HackersWorld:~/wvdial-1.42/src/wvdial# ./wvdialconf wvdial.conf
Scanning your serial ports for a modem.

Port Scan<*1>: S0 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7
Port Scan<*1>: S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S15
Port Scan<*1>: S16 S17 S18 S19 S20 S21 S22 S23
Port Scan<*1>: S24 S25 S26 S27 S28 S29 S30 S31


Sorry, no modem was detected! Is it in use by another program?
Did you configure it properly with setserial?

Please read the FAQ at http://www.worldvisions.ca/wvdial/

If you still have problems, send mail to wvdial-list@worldvisions.ca.
-= if anyone has any ideas on how to fix it it would help me heaps thx i am going to get another modem today infact but the info on it will be helpfull =-
cheers