Ok. So i bought the external one cause the internal one (zoom 56k) needed drivers and drivers wasnt free. Mandrake 10 isnt detecting the external one when it boots so what i should do to make it work?

My internal 56k zoom modem is still inside (is there any IRQ conflict with the serial one?)
i also have plugged a supra max usb 56k (which is totally incompatible), again is this the problem that zoom is not getting detected?

Open the dialing program (for example kppp) and choose the serial port the modem is connected to (/dev/ttyS0 = com1, /dev/ttyS1 = com2, etc). Then it should work.

lspci -b output

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8374 P4X400 Host Controller/AGP Bridge (rev 82)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 8105
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 8
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.5
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: df300000-df8fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: bf200000-df1fffff
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:0d.0 Communication controller: Conexant: Unknown device 10b4 (rev 89)
Subsystem: Digitan Systems Inc: Unknown device 9300
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at dfd00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
I/O ports at ef88
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3149 (rev 80)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 255
I/O ports at fc00
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at <ignored>
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at <ignored>
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
I/O ports at <ignored>
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
I/O ports at <ignored>
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
Memory at <ignored> (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3227
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80b0
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
I/O ports at e000
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e400
Memory at dff00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5964 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device c006
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at <ignored> (32-bit, prefetchable)
I/O ports at <ignored>
Memory at <ignored> (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5d44 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device c007
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 255
Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Memory at df600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

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The conexant is the internal one. Is there any case of IRQ conflict ? Cause i see many devices on the IRQ 10 :|

aaa: Im gonna test it now

ok it worked but 2 more questions. In my first attempt when i got connected it disconnected me with signal 16 (didnt read what s that :O)

in the second attempt it connected without disconnection after but i was laggin too much (maybe web services are guilty)

im running too much services and i tried `mcc` but there isnt any manager for web services.. i dont need sunrpc sshd smtp and all these stuffs

Good thread. I seem to be having a similar issue now. Hope that this can be resolved.