Modem Troubles (again!), Modem goes off hook but does not dial! Options

[chet]

I have this wierd modem problem...

I am running Suse 8.2 on an emachines T2460 with an internal PCI modem (smlink). I downloaded and complied the drivers for the modem and it seems to work just fine (if I query the modem, i get the right responses).

However, when I use kinternet or kppp to dial up... the modem goes off hook but does not actually dial the number! The only thing i could think off, was the init string... which i changed to just a simple ATZ.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Chet