Did you try removing the /dev/ttyS3 device and then re-adding it? 
I also tend to use Debian's pon, poff, and pppconfig tool for modem
connections, did you try using that with Ubuntu?<br>
<br>
Jeff Rasmussen<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/24/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeff Nelson</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:stutterstutt@comcast.net">stutterstutt@comcast.net</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Jeff Rasmussen wrote:<br><br>&gt; <a href="http://jrasmussen0.blogspot.com/2004/07/creating-serial-port-for-internal.html">http://jrasmussen0.blogspot.com/2004/07/creating-serial-port-for-internal.html</a><br>&gt; ...<br>
<br>On 10/24/05, *Jeff Nelson* &lt;<a href="mailto:stutterstutt@comcast.net">stutterstutt@comcast.net</a><br>&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:stutterstutt@comcast.net">stutterstutt@comcast.net</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br><br>&gt; I've tried using Knoppix -- it doesn't even find the PCI device.
<br><br><br>I tried Knoppix again for grins, and this time it found the PCI device<br>and the directions in Rasmussen's blog worked just as advertised!<br><br>Encouraged by this, I upgraded to the Ubuntu &quot;Breezy&quot; distro; it still
<br>failed. Ubunto insists on calling the device ttyS14. I used setserial to<br>configure ttyS14, ttyS4 and even ttyS3, each time getting nowhere:<br>wvdialconf says it can't find a modem.<br><br>I was really hoping to use Ubuntu because I'm setting up this system for
<br>a computer novice for email and web surfing and it's one of the more<br>user-friendy distros out there. I suppose now I've got to change plans.<br><br>-Jeff<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jeff Rasmussen
<br>GPG public key 0x9686C12F