IBM Thinkpad Lenovo T61 dial-up modem issues
 

Hi,

I have been charged with the task of making the dial-up modem work in my boss's IBM Thinkpad T61. I have followed various walk-throughs to detect and install software to enable the device, but to no avail. I've even gone so far as to compile one solution from source. I was wondering if anyone has found a solution to this problem.

OS: Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-17-generic

Thanks in advance for any advice that can be offered.

Do you have CONFIG_PPP and CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE enabled in your kernel?
<*> PPP (point-to-point protocol) support
<*> PPP support for async serial ports
<*> PPP support for sync tty ports
<*> PPP Deflate compression

what does lspci -v look like?