[newbie] PCMCIA Modem Problem

[Gary]

I have just installed Helium on my lapton which has a PCMCIA modem card
(a 3Com  3CXDM56B Modem).  When I went to set this up in DrakConf under
HardWare configurations, it froze at detecting modems. The install did
not recognize this card at all. 

How do I get this card recognized as a modem?  Do I need a PCMCIA
controller of some sort, or do I have to rebuild the kernel?

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Gary