🚀 go-pugleaf

I am having a problem getting ppd to comunicate with my modem.

I have US Robotic External 56K modem.
I have PPP support in the kernal.
I have setup all of the required files in the /etc/ directory.
I used minicom to verify the modem was connected properly
and that it would dial out.  It does.

I run the "tail" in a terminal window and I see:

The INIT string failed
and
"connect script failed"

The modem does not respond using pppd or when using "netconf" in
Gnome.  It used to work.

I had set up this Linux machine a few weeks ago and had PPP working
fine. It took a while to setup the first time but I think I wrote down
all the steps I had taken.  I was trying to figure out how to get
Linux to recognize my tape drive, to back things up,  when I lost a
hardrive (crashed). Ironic isn't it!   I have a new harddrive and had
to re-install Linux.

I am I missing any steps to get pppd to work.

Please Help.   Thank you