usb modem

[Bob Hemus]

Well, I'm back to the trough.  I bought a USB Best Data modem.  Works
like a champ on my SuSE 10.1, found it without any hassle.  On my debian
I'm having a devil of a time.  Here's my dmesg from SuSE
Hemus:~ # dmesg | fgrep usb
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
usb usb1: new device found, idVendor=0000, idProduct=0000
usb usb1: new device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.16.13-4-smp ehci_hcd
usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb2: new device found, idVendor=0000, idProduct=0000
usb usb2: new device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.16.13-4-smp uhci_hcd
usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb3: new device found, idVendor=0000, idProduct=0000
usb usb3: new device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.16.13-4-smp uhci_hcd
usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb4: new device found, idVendor=0000, idProduct=0000
usb usb4: new device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.16.13-4-smp uhci_hcd
usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb5: new device found, idVendor=0000, idProduct=0000
usb usb5: new device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.16.13-4-smp uhci_hcd
usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.3
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: new device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c00e
usb 2-2: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 2-2: Product: USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse
usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Logitech
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 3-1: new device found, idVendor=0572, idProduct=1280
usb 3-1: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 3-1: Product: USB ACF Modem
usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Conexant Systems, Inc.
usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on
usb-0000:00:1d.0-2
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
usbcore: registered new driver cdc_acm
drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.25:USB Abstract Control Model driver for
USB modems and ISDN adapters
Hemus:~ #      
Here is the dmesg of my debian distro.
   debian:~# dmesg | fgrep usb

usbcore: registered new driver usbfs

usbcore: registered new driver hub

usb 1-2: new low speed USB device using address 2

usb 1-2: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start

usb 1-2: can't read configurations, error -71

usb 1-2: new low speed USB device using address 4

usbcore: registered new driver hiddev

input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on
usb-0000:00:1d.0-2

usbcore: registered new driver usbhid

drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver

usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using address 2

usbcore: registered new driver cdc_acm

drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.23:USB Abstract Control Model driver for
USB modems and ISDN adapters

debian:~#

Here is my dmesg of my /dev/tty
    Hemus:~ # dmesg | fgrep tty
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
00:07: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
cdc_acm 3-1:1.1: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
Hemus:~ #
I tried to link   ttyACM0 to ttyS0       
Still not sucessful.  I needs some direction, Purty pleeze?
Bob