For the modem driver, check the LQ-HCL to see if another user has the same/similar modem and kernel. Use Google, and also try Linmodems.org, Linuxant.com, and Winmodems.org.
I have 4 modems here, none of them with Lucent chipsets, but also none of them work for me with 2.6.x.
As for the upgrade to Slack 11, I recommend you:
Go with the stock kernel for simplicity, and then compile your own 2.6 one to your own liking afterwards..
As for installed packages, nothing need be uninstalled/reinstalled, for the new kernel, with the exception perhaps of such self-compiled third-party stuff like modem drivers, video drivers, etc..
ALSA, for example, remains unchanged.
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