Look for an rpm called glibc-kernheaders

i only have one file with glibc-kernheaders in it, but the kernel version is different, does this matter?

i tried to install it anyway, there was a bit of a delay, then back to command prompt. changed to hcf* dir and ran "make install". same error occurs. what do i do now?

kernel-2.4.18-3 is not what redhat shipped with, it's an upgrade. Look on the redhat site for the matching headers rpm.

I got the info you said damn its long, hope this helps. I got this back with lspci -v

(you ask for it)

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel corp. 82810 GHCH (graphics memory
controller hub) (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel corp. 82810 CGC
(chipset graphics controller) rev 03 (prog-if 00 (vga))
subsystem: gateway 2000: unknown device 9041
flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) (size=64M)
Memory at ffa80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) (size=512k)
capabilities: (available only at root)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AB PCI Bridge (rev 02)
(prog-if 00 [normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01,
sec-latency=64 I/0 behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: ff800000-ff8fffff
prefetchable memory behind bridge: f6a00000-f6afffff

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: intel corp. 82801AB ISA Bridge (LPC)
(rev 02) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: intel corp. 82801AB IDE (rev 02
(prog-if 80[Master])
Subsystem: intel corp. 82801AB IDE
flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
I/0 ports at ffa0 [size=16]

00:1f.2 USB controller: intel corp. 82801AB USB
flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/0 ports at ef80 [size=32]

00:1f.3 SMBus: intel corp. 82801AB SMBus (rev 02)
subsystem: intel corp. 82801AB SMBus
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/0 ports at efa0 [size=16]

00:1f:.5 Multimedia audio controller: intel corp. 82801AB
AC'97 audio (rev 02)
subsystem: Gateway 2000: unknown device 9041
flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/0 ports at e800 [size=256]
I/0 ports at df00 [size=64]

01:09.0 Communication controller: Conexant HCF 56K Data/
Fax/Voice/spkp Modem (rev 08)
Subsystem: GVC corporation Gateway Red Owl
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
memory at ff8f0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64k]
I/0 ports at dff0 [size=8]
capabilities: <available only at root>

Then this:
uname -a gave this line
Linux Localhost.localdomain 2.4.18-6mdk #1 Fri mar 15 02:59:08
CET 2002 i686 unknown

Then this:
ls -l /usr/src/ gave the following

total 8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 oct 30 02:46 linux-> linux-2.4.18-
6mdk/
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 oct 30 02:45 linux-2.4.18-6mdk/
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 oct 26 79:47 RPM/

God this is long, now why cant i use my modem with the driver ??
why dosent my modem show up in the hardware list in Mandrake controll center?

now download this
http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/hcf/ar...-1mdk.i586.rpm
but before installing it
rpm -e --nodeps `rpm -qa |grep hcfpci`
and sorry for lspci -v . :

Aussie,
in order to get my modem working, i need to find a file called glibc-kernheaders-2.4.18-3.i686.rpm. is that correct?

Yes, you need to have the kernel headers that match the running kernel version in order to compile third party kernel modules. One way around not being able to find the correct redhat rpm is to compile your own kernel from source.

ok, one more time. This time i ran kppp from the comand line and got this feed back ( should have done it before).
opener: received SetSecret
opener: received Openlock

opener: received OpenDevice
opener: received RemoveSecret
opener: received RemoveSecret
opener: received OpenResolv
opener: received OpenResolv
opener: received KillPPPDaemon
opener: received RemoveLock

I still cant find my modem in the "quary modem" setting in kppp. Now it says that the modem is "ready" and then "insulzing" (spelld wrong sorry) and then "script time out".
i did the rpm -e --nodeps `rpm -qa |grep hcfpci`and it said that it removed the driver. then clicked on new rpm that you said and installed with no error. what now??
sleepwalker1.0 goes to gun-cabnet "now where is that ammo, I going to kill that kppp damon myself"

one more thing, I went to mandrake controll and used the wizard to re-config my connection. (thought you ought to know)
thanks for all your help. what now??

mine silly mind is now not able to understand this .
i think a reinstall with "dialup support" can work for you.

reinstall linux?? or file name 'dial up support??

Alright,
I tried to install file suitable to for my setup, rpm with same kernel and arch(i686). went to dir /usr/sbin/something or other, ran hcfpciconfig.. or something or other(sorry early morning and hung over) it worked this time, configured modem, to what I thought was right.
I have rh 7.3, gnome 2.0(I think), and in network configuration wizard modem says it is "active". used network applet (I think) rh ppp dialer (or something like that) and dialled my isp, I noticed when I picked up phone at one stage that modem had connected(or was making that weird connection sound) but when opening mozilla or netscape and entering in www.google.com or any other url, it doesnt work???? I come from windoze background, and there is nothing that tells me that the modem has connected other than when I pick up phone and listen. this has been a very difficult situation to connect to net. why is that? other than me having a win modem? is linux usually this much hard work?

SUCCESS!!!! After long and hard thinking i put it to simple logic. I unpluged my modem and then started linux. Harddrake uninstalled the modem i had and then set up linux. I shut down and pluged my modem back up. then i restarted linux again. This time i let harddrake re-install it and BAMM. My modem now dials the isp with no problem. Thanks newpenguin, and everyone els who has visited this post. Keep trying tedster, you will get it. Look at the simple things, they pay off faster. good luck.