Hi, I want to remove a sound card from my computer but it doesn't seem to detect that I already took it out, except that it says "can't read from dev/dsp" or something. I want to take dev/dsp out because I put a modem in the slot where I had the sound card originally and want to use the modem. It seems to think now that my modem is a sound card. I have tried booting with nothing in the slot but it still won't uninstall that driver. I tried to delete it manually and it says I don't have enough permission. My OS is Red Hat 7.2 Thank you for your time.
-calimer

Have you got kudzu running as one of your startup services? If not, enable it, shut down the computer, remove the modem, reboot. Kudzu should pick up that you've removed the soundcard, then shut down again, insert the modem and reboot. Kudzu should pick up that you've now put a modem in its place. BE WARNED THOUGH: IF IT'S A PCI MODEM, IT IS MOST LIKELY TO BE A SOFTWARE/WINMODEM.

Kudzu was running unfortunately Any other ideas? Maybe I should try putting my other modem in it and see what happens. I would install the modem in a slot where the soundcard wasn't, but I don't know how to get those metal little port protector strips out without breaking anything. Take care.
-calimer

How do I check to see if a modem is a PCI modem. Also, what modems are linux compatable? Do you know where I could get a linux compatable modem for not too much $$$ ? Thank you for your time.
-calimer

Ok, what does your modem look like? Does it fit into the white slots on your motherboard? Has it even got a name so that we can look for it on the net?

If it goes anywhere on the inside of your computer it is likely to be a PCI modem, in which case, it is likely to be a software based one, which Linux can't use...well, some software modems can, but they're not easy to get working . Since you're trying to remove your sound-card and put your modem in instead, it is more than likely that this is the case.

You should also take a look at www.linmodems.org

As for taking out the little metal tangs...that's easy. Take off the computer's cover, and gently push (with a flat-bladed knife/screwdriver). If you've got your computer manuals around, they should mention it somewhere (your sound-card manual?). If you're not sure about doing so, then you could take it to a computer shop...but that's a bloody expensive way of removing a metal tang.

The modem fits into the black slots of the inside of the computer. I BELIEVE that it is an Aztech modem with the model #MD6800. I wrote them an e-mail asking if they had any drivers that would make the modem linux compatable, but I have not had a response. Popping out the little metal tangs with a screwdriver is what I ended up doing, and now I have the sound card in where it used to be, and the modem in it's own new slot. Linux still seems to think it is a soundcard though, except that it says "unknown" at the end. It is refered to by the computer as AZT4029 PnP Modem Card. Also I am wondering, I have been thinking of trying out mandrake 8.2, and I was wondering, would that possibly have the proper drivers? Or do both redhat and mandrake have mostly the same driver support for things. Thank you for your time.
-calimer

You could try Mandy 8.2, but I've just popped over to Linmodems.org and found your Aztech MD6800 modem, and it appears to be an ISA Winmodem with no reported successes. It's on this page, just search for MD6800, but be warned - it's a very large page.

It looks as though the best course of action is that which I normally advise anyway: Find someone (a friend that doesn't use Linux?) to buy your modem from you, and then get a decent serial-external-hardware modem instead.

Sorry for the bad news.

First of all, thank you for all your time and help, you really have helped me a lot. It isn't such a big loss since my friend pretty much gave me that modem for free. How do you tell on that page if a modem works for linux or not? I checked that page and found where my modem was but didn't see anything indicating whether it works or not. I am assuming that maybe if it doesn't have any links next to it, no one had success with it. Again, thank you for your time.
-calimer

Oh, yeah. Sorry. On the far left cell in the row that corresponds to your modem, there should be the letters WM with a red background. On that site (not that page, though) there's a guide, but WM stands for WinModem, and a red background normally means bad things.

thank you
-calimer

I have this modem as well... Couldn't find much around the web / google. A winmodem list lists it as non-working under linux, but the page itself is dated 2003...

Does anyone know more about this modem and how to make it work?

info I was able to get:

from dmesg:
isapnp: Card 'AZT4029 PnP MODEM CARD'
pnp: Device 00:09 activated (not sure if this is it)
ttyS0 at I/P 0x3f8 (irq=4) is a 16550A (wvdial can't understand what's going on in ttyS0 but tries to set it up though it fails)

lspnp:
/proc/bus/pnp not available (using ubuntu 5.10)

googling:
On an ISA winmodem list, listed as 4J2SNG-25073-M5-E (fccid or reg#) but page is old (2003)
Same list says chipset is TI
Same list lists it as 'WM' with red background, but again, page is old (2003)

Anyone with any ideas??

thanks...

Hello, this is a post from a very long time ago so I don't quite remember which model it was, but if it was a dial up modem, this is what I used to get the driver:
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/

Take care.
-calimer

thanks so much for the reply. however, it seems their drivers work only for pci or usb modems. mine is a isa device, thus the installer reports "no modem found, no usb or pci modems found"...