modem despair to where!

**samantha** · 06-08-2003

hiya
Sorry if i'm being extremley dense but......
I've put red hat 9 on my pc, it's installed sweet as a nut :P , except it hasn't picked up my modem (Conexant HSF 56K data fax).

I've found the drivers for it at linmodem.com and transfered them on the pc but I'm a bit unsure on how to install them

. Is it best to go into Terminal or double click the actual file?

Thanks for reading.

**Dolda2000** · 06-08-2003

I don't think you'll get very far by double clicking it. Use a shell and untar the file (It _is_ a .tar.gz, right? If it's an RPM, you can just double-click it.) with "tar -xvzf filename". When you have done so, you'll probably find installation instructions inside.

**samantha** · 06-08-2003

thanks Dolda2000

when you say a shell do you mean like gnome-terminal?

**Dolda2000** · 06-08-2003

Yeah, that's one way.

**samantha** · 06-08-2003

thanks again, Dolda2000

**samantha** · 06-10-2003

I've installed the modem and it's working sweet as!!!!!

the only thing that concern's me is there is no mention of it in the hardware browser. Is this normal?

**Dolda2000** · 06-11-2003

The hardware browser is really nothing but an attempt to get something which looks like Windows' hardware browser. Just ignore it.

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