I have a 56K internal PCI modem. SuSe 9.0 Pro sees it as an MAC HSF 56K internal modem or somtheing but it is in the unknown device section. I have tried to make it dial up but the lil KInternet lightning bolt will bolt for a split second then just do nothing. So am i dialing wrong or do i have a winmodem and SuSe just happens to know that it is a modem.

There is a good tool to recognise hardware in knoppix.
If you ca donload that ISO and burn it than start you PC on that disk and see what it recognise as hardware. After that you can use these informations to configure the system you're using.

Good luck, hope this helps, Marc A

i really have no access to knoppix (dial up like i said) i downloaded Damn Small Linux which is based on Knoppix and it didn't ask me anything about my modem...i really need more help on how to do this in SuSe or Red Hat 9 because i have those both installed...

What device is kinternet using?

/dev/modem i tried and it says its not there and i tried /dev/ttyS2 which is where my modem is installed in XP...

Where does /dev/modem point to? and have you tried using /dev/ttyS0 or any other port?

Check if your kernel has modules/supports modules for your card.

If you have the modules, make sure they are compiled into the kernel and make sure you are loading them at /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.x or whatever file that may be similar meant to autoload the modules at bootup. Make sure they are working by typing 'modprobe <driver name>' (without the < and >).

If you don't have the modules, check and see if there are ones that you can get and see if SuSE has some too (since you're using SuSE, I am assuming you are a n00b, therefor meaning you should check if SuSE has any of those crappy RPM packages for your card). Else, search sourceforge.net for drivers/modules for your card and if you need help installing them then get back to us

KDE can't manage hardware for its life. It's unrecognized by KDE because it can't find correct driver modules loaded/supported for/by the hardware.

wow....wut? it points to /dev/ttyS2

when i do lspci the last line is

conextant 56K HSFI modem

is this a winmodem?