i have conexant octopus hcf v.90 pci lan/modem combo in comaq presario 1215us. i just installed mandrake 9 in my system. i somehow got my modem to work thru dial up by downloading a driver from linuxant.com. however i have not been able to make my ethernet to work on lan even though my modem and ethernet are combined.

any suggestion on how to make it work?

does my ethernet needs a separate driver. if so where can i find it and how do i install it

this is what i get for lspci command, if it helps.

[manish@localhost manish]$ /usr/bin/lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 8
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: f4100000-f5ffffff
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686/A PCI to ISA Bridge
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0

00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 10) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
I/O ports at 1820 [size=16]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
I/O ports at 1800 [size=32]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.4 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
Flags: medium devsel
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 20)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device b194
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 1000 [size=256]
I/O ports at 1834 [size=4]
I/O ports at 1830 [size=4]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Conexant HCF 56k Modem (rev 08)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation 623-LAN Grizzly
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
BIST result: 00
I/O ports at 1400 [size=256]
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:09.1 Communication controller: Conexant HCF 56k Modem (rev 05)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation Grizzly
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
BIST result: 00
I/O ports at 1838 [size=8]
Memory at f4004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168
Memory at 10000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 10400000-107ff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 10800000-10bff000
I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 005f
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 9
Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Memory at f4100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

I think that this is the solution, when looking at the 'Capabilities: <available only to root>' text. In the console, before you start to install anything, type 'su root'. Then try doing what you want to do.