about the modem: when i install linux, kppp automatically attempts to use /dev/modem as the default device. for some reason i know that it is actually /dev/cua3. so i just switch it to that under ppp setup and it works! -----Original Message----- From: Idris Samawi Hamid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 26, 1999 10:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sound and Modem (again) Greetings: Ok, I bought, from a linux systems distributor, a linux-compatible 56K modem and a SoundBlaster AWE64 soundcard. I cannot get either to work with Mandrake up to now. Modem: My computer manufacturer had disabled COM2; from the BIPS setup, I reenabled it; dmesg gives me ----- Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A ----- The modem works fine in W95 (again, it is not a WinModem) but in Linux the kppp "Query Modem" command finds the modem and says "Sorry, modem does not respond". What could be wrong? Sound: I ran sndconfig but it failed to set up sound (although my card is listed in the soundcard list). I tried again and sndconfig would just freeze, forcing me to have to kill kvt. This happened a number of times. dmesg gives me ------ Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996 sb: dsp reset failed. AWE32: not detected ------ My old RedHat 5.o Installation guide Advice, please! Thank you in advance Idris
