I previously installed Linux Mandrake(Blue Bird) 8.2. All seem to
worked out well in the installation and configuration of the
softwares and hardwares the system is using. I have MOTOROLA SM56
PCI Modem. I recently visited the site for a driver of my modem
for Linux and Windows 2000. I was able to successfuly download the
rpm package and tried running it inside the Package Manager Software
Installer of Linux all seem worked fine. The package was successfully
unpacked. The problem is when I tried to view the hardware devices
on my system does not display any modem installed.
What gives? Anyone can give an idea. I'm really gearing up on
working on the Linux Platform. I really need to have it running
for Internet Connection.

Hi,

Check this link, probably will help you to fix that:

http://www.angelfire.com/linux/sm56/

see ya ...

Ok. That seems to fix the problem with mandrake, but would it works in Red Hat 8.0??

In Red Hat youwill have to check if the problem is the same ...

# dmesg

If appear something like "kernel BUG at slab.c:1099!" in the first line, it could be solved in the same way ...

I hope it does