[ILUG] New Gateway PCs...

[Larkin Cunningham]

I recently upgraded my PC to a Gateway 2000 450MHz PIII.  I then proceded to
install RH6.0 and it was quite successful.  I am having problems though with a
couple of the cards in my PCI slots.  They are the modem - a Telepath Pro
56K(Wimbledon model) - and the sound card a Soundblaster Audio 64D.  I suppose I
am just wondering if anybody out there has bought a Gateway recently and
installed Linux.  Is the modem one of those Winmodems (It is a gateway specific
modem, so info is scarce on the ground and Gateway don't even mention linux on
their websites)?  I have used all the necessary setup tools and dialing software
to try and AT the modem but no OK comes back.  KPPP says that that ttyS0 (my
modem is in COM1:) is busy.  Do I have any alternative but to buy a supported
external modem?  Has anyone managed to get plug-n-play going to have a modem
recognised?  As for the sound card, it should be supported - I think.  When I
use "esd" to try for sound, it fails.  Shouldn't there be a dev/dsp driver?  I
don't seem to have it; perhaps it is created at installation if a soundcard is
detected.

Any help would be much appreciated - even if it is to put me out of my misery
and tell me that neither is supported!

Larkin.