[newbie] Modem Not Working

[Abdoul Da Man]

Ok! Guys, I've tried everything.
I have a Telepath 56K PCI modem(Internet/Fax modem)
I have tried to probe the modem by putting
'/sbin/modprobe ppp' into the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local

But still when I go to internet Kppp it still says
my modem is busy.

Please someone help...