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ntt.
07-10-2001, 03:45 PM
Hi, I've just installed Redhat 7.1 (total newbie!)and i'm having trouble getting my modem working. It's an onboard HSP56 micromodem and uses my sound card, hence i'm trying to get the proper drivers for my sound card (C-Media CMI9738).

The readme says to extract the tarball to usr/src/linux/drivers/sound, which doesn't exist. I have /usr/src/redhat. I made the new directory and then got to doing a 'make config' (or make xconfig or whatever), and it tells me "no rules to compile with option 'config'". This is where i'm stuck - how do i get this sound module into my kernel?

The other thing i'm stuck on is my printer, an HP Laserjet Series II, but on serial. I can get a paralell printer working on /dev/lp, but no luck with my laserjet on /dev/cua0. When I boot up, I get the message "Opening device lpd. Cannot open /dev/cua0 - permission denied." Any ideas??

Thanks very much for any help!!
gwenavirre
07-10-2001, 04:04 PM
a caouple ideas. Make sure your modem is not a Winmodem. Those rarely work with Linux. If it is your last hope is www.linmodems.org (http://www.linmodems.org) ? As for the sound normally the process goes
./configure
make
make install.
Not sure about your printer I have not tried serial before. Try as root to see if you still get access denied.
ntt.
07-10-2001, 04:16 PM
Thanks for the advice - I will try a ./configure beofre doing everything else. The other idea I had was that i was supposed to be in my kernel source directory - /usr/lib/modules/2.4.2-2 to compile - i dunno. It's not a winmodem - i have the linux driver, it just don't work.

As for the printer - it gives me this message when i boot up - before i can log in as root or otherwise.

Thanks all the same.
reboot
07-10-2001, 04:51 PM
UM...AFAIK, HSP micromodems are all winmodems...
bdg1983
07-10-2001, 04:57 PM
You need the kernel sources installed to be able to compile a new driver. Do you?

They should/will be under /usr/src/linux.
ntt.
07-10-2001, 05:04 PM
Hmm - it's a fresh install of Redhat 7.1 so i guess i don't have the kernel sources. Maybe I will just wait for a cable modem! As for the modem, it could be a winmodem, i am no expert, but the manufacturers have their very own Linux driver.

I am off on a search for kernel source.