I've been trying to get my winmodem to work. I downloaded correct the drivers and compiled them on Knoppix. I managed to load the driver from my home directory without actually installing it.

However, I can't get KPPP to recognise that the modem is there. If I do 'query modem', it just says it's unable to talk to the modem (I can't remember the exact error message). I've got KPPP looking at /dev/modem.

Although KPPP doesn't work, if I type 'cat /dev/modem', I hear it go *click*, so I know it's actually there.

I think I'm almost there, and must be missing something obvious. Does anyone have any suggestions?