[wellylug] newbie installation question

[jumbophut]

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:31:47 +0000, firstname lastname wrote:
> I have two problems (that i am aware of.
> 1. i have an external modem (US Robotics 56KB message modem) which i do not
> think has been detected durring the mandrake installation. 

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> 
> 2. The pc has an integrated soundcard from ESS technologies. this has ot
> been recognides durring the install. what changes do i need to make to allow
> mandrake to use this sound card?
> 

You don't by chance know the model number on the soundcard?  Typing
'lspci' in a terminal may give you this information if you don't have
it already.  ESS chips are normally supported okay; you just need to
model number to know which driver to load.

As for the modem, if you try running kppp (what's the Gnome equivalent
the rest of you fullas?), it should give you the option to set up the
modem.  If it's a serial modem, it should be detected on /dev/ttyS0,
/dev/ttyS1 or some such.  If it's USB, I'm not sure where it shows up.

-- 
Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')