Conexant Modems - Help required

I have downloaded the drivers from linmodems.org for my modem and i am unsure if they are going to work or not. It says that "To use these generic packages, kernel-source and the gcc C compiler must be properly installed on your system since no pre-built module binaries are included in them" now can anyone tell me if the kernel source and compilers are in knoppix after a HDD install?

Also any tips on getting the modem to work that dont say "get a new modem"

Thanks

Chris Lewis[/code]

Oops. Re-posted in hardware forum.[/quote]