Since this is the NEWBIE list, and I am an idiot anyway,
please forgive my total lack of knowledge.
I am a former DOS person who has been working with computers
before Bill made his first million. I am, however, so intune with DOS that
I am lost when it comes to Linux and its structure. I have been reading
man pages, HOWTO's, FAQ's, and searching through all kinds of archived
newsgroups, but I still haven't found what I'm looking for. Is there
anywhere out there that someone will say put the square in the square
hole? It seems that I must take a lathe to my square so I can fit it into
Linux's round hole...
I have Linux (Redhat 5.2) up and running on my old
P-166. I can't for the life of me get the sound, the modem, or the NIC
running. I have tired to follow the instructions for isapnp tools, I have
tried to follow the HOWTO's, all to no avail. These tell you to edit this
script (and in some cases expect you to know WHAT script) and don't tell you
where the script resides, or worse yet, there is no script named that on my
system. Then I ran up against the "modular or monolithic" kernel.
WHAT???? I am pretty sure that I am running a modular, but I can't find
anything in my docs to tell me one way or another.
I have checked and all of my hardware is Linux
compliant. My Ethernet card is a Netgear FA310TX (they have written a
Linux driver that I have downloaded from their website, but again, what do I do
with it?), my modem is a Creative Modem Blaster DI5600, and my sound card is an
Ensoniq SoundscapeVIVO Plug and Play (recognized by Redhat as a SB compatible
and supposedly recognized and installed correctly, but not).
Windows 98 reports:
Netgear FA310TX
IRQ-11
I/O-1000-077f
Creative Modem Blaster DI5600
IRQ-10
I/O-03e8-03ef
Ensoniq SoundscapeVIVO Plug and Play
IRQ-5,9
I/O-0220-022f (SB Emulation)
I/O-0330-033f (Ensoniq SoundscapeVIVO PnP)
I/O-0388-038b (SB Emulation)
I/O-0530-0537 (Ensoniq SoundscapeVIVO
PnP)
Can someone point me to the answers? I am at a total loss. I really think I could get all of these
peripherals running if I just knew what script to edit (and where it resided) or
knew how to create the new script.
If you can help me, and you need more information, I have
oodles of it! But I am sure by now most folks are tired of seeing my
rambles.
So if you can, PLEASE, help!
Thanks,
Shawn
