I'm having the same problem with my sound card. I was sucessful with my
modem. I'II try to explain what I did.
Start Kppp
setup
account
You will have to get a DNS# from your connection
Fill out the info
modems
select your port
query the modem it should answer
save
try the connection
Click on Netscape
Have fun!
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Avery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 9:24 AM
Subject: [newbie] what [FAILED], What's a *.GZ
> I'm a complete newbie to Linux, so this may seem a little lame to most of
> you. I've been following these messages for some time looking for
> information on how to configure, install, and use my sound card and
modem.
>
>
> I have a VIA sound card that has a (Red Hat) Linux driver on the CD.
It's
> a
> *.gz file. I tried to use gunzip to unzip it, but then I don't know what
> to
> do with it after that.
>
>
> I noticed recently during the boot up process that I see a RED [Failed]
go
> by. Most of what I see says [Passed]. I believe it has something to do
> with a sound card device failing, but it goes by too fast. (Is there any
> way to slow this down, or view a text file that shows the order in which
> things are executed, mounted, whatever, during the boot up process)
>
>
> I recently found out that my modem is obviously already configured for
> Linux. I configured a PPP connection that causes it to dial. I hear it
> dialing, I hear it connecting, but I have no way to check anything else.
> It
> will keep dialing and connecting about every 10 minutes, but I have no
> idea
> how to use that connection. Netscape doesn't show any way in it's GUI to
> configure it to use a specific PPP connection, and I can't get Netscape
to
> navigate even when I'm connected.
>
>
> Any help with any of these would be greately appreciated. If anyone has
> any
> useful information from when they were learning Linux, I'm all ears.
>
>
>
>
>
>
