Red Hat 7.1 getting online?

I need help to get my computer online. I just installed Red Hat and it says that there is no modem connected to it. I kicked of windows 98 (which worked fine).It's a 56k PCI voice modem.I use a dial up connection. I keep on getting error messages. It's a gateway computer so I don't have any of the drivers, thanks to windows.So far I like it, and I want to keep it, this seems to be the only problem that I have.

Do I need to install a differnet driver for the modem to use under red hat?
How do I connect to the internet?
Do I need to get another ISP after I get it to detect a modem?
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If you can get on a computer that is online do a search for drivers for that modem. Or you can goto the companys web site that made the modem and see if they have drivers.:D

if your modem doesn't work in redhat... look here : http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/genpage2.cgi
to see if its compatible. If it says community knowledge, then ask in a RH forum or try a generic ppp driver. It may be a winmodem....In that case it's probably incompatible.

hope this helps

There's a good chance that, as hogfly said, its a winmodem - basically a winmodem is a device that uses software to do hardware emulation, and that software is. naturally, windows based. I always thought it was a better idea to have an external/hardware modem as its not eating up processor cycles to do its job but in these crazy days of 2ghz processors it probably doesn't make much difference.
There's a page to help you use your winmodem on your linux boxen at http://www.linmodems.org/

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hey i tried too to instal red hat and i couldnt instal x my graphic card was stupid heheh
and for mandrake i tried that too and i got this error
rpm-qpl/mandrake/RPMS/*.rpm
i dont know wthic component is making that error but if someone knows please post here and help me (: <
thenk you all

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when you are installing I ussualy choose everything that is under x windows category. Then while your installing the setup program should ask you what type of video card, how much mem is in video, what type moniter, and all the little details about your video. Sometimes it takes a couple tries to get it but it works great when you do.

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he thenks kasper3699 i tried all kind of things and it didnot work heeh i dono am not that good at linux but am learning

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sure. I am still learning too. I set up a Linux box with Red Hat 7.1 on a HP dual Pentium 100 box and it took me a couple of tries but i finally got it up and running. I am trying to learn about using the web server portion of it right now but it crashed when i pulled the wrong computer's power plug.eek:

I learned that for login screen that you shouldn't set it for login using X. It gets to where it boots up and ask your user name and password under x windows then the machine crashes. I need to run a rescue system or figure out how to bypass the x win. login.:

You need to edit the file /etc/inittab, change the default runlevel from 5 (X) to 3 (full multiuser mode, text based login) , the syntax is pretty easy to understand.

thanks for the help i'll try that

Ok I figured it out I have a winmodem. I don't think Linux will be able to use it so what now.:confused:

freeOn: Unfortunately you will have to get a new modem that isn't a Winmodem. Either get a new 56k that is external (guaranteed to not be a Winmodem although there are internals that aren't also) or get an older 14.4 or 28.8 modem from a friend if you don't want to invest that much money into anything.

Hi. We have a modem that is made by ActionTec (sp?) that we got from Circuit City. We have seen it at Wal-Mart as well. It was priced at 90.00 but we payed 70 something for it. When you install it, you will have to change some config files, but the manual that came with it explained exactly what to do. It's an ActionTec 56k v.90 modem. It may or may not have a picture of Tux on it. The one at Wal-Mart didn't, but it still said it was a hardware modem (as opposed to software / win modem). I hope this helps. If you don't want to pay that much, when you go shopping, look for whether it says it is a "win" modem or "software driven". Don't get anything like that. If you fine one that doesn't advertise that it is a WinModem, you can then ask a sales representative if it is hardware driven or if it requires special software to run it. If the rep doesn't know, he/she should be more than willing to open it and look at the manual to find out for you. Good luck and enjoy the new OS :D
Hope this helps

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The ActionTec modem is an ActionTec CallWaiting modem. If you have call waiting service, it will allow you to answer the phone to see if the call is important with a small window of time before it disconnects. We love it.
Again, good luck

My personal favorite for modems, are the US robotics 56k V.90 external modems with X2 technology. Kind of expensive, but...you get what you pay for.

I too had the same problem after installing Red Hat. There is a lot of software out there that will try and fix the problem but if you're like me and just a newbie all this "rpm" and "emulation" stuff is a bit daunting. It was easier to just buy a cheap external modem.

Also, if some could tell me how to adjust the screen refresh rate under Red Hat I'd greatly appreciate it. Apparently it's done with Xvidtune but Ive found all this does is fit the screen to the size of the monitor.....splat