i got the following output for the command u suggested to me

root@localhost~]lspci |grep -i modem
01:06.0 modem Motorola SM56 Data Fax modem(rev 04)

if it is a windows modem what should i do ?
can u give me more clarification about building "slmodem " software.

Waiting for ur reply.

Hello,

I'm using fedora 8.
Can you tell me how to install vlc player.
I enabled livna repository using the following steps :
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/*
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna

After that i run the command yum install vlc
But i cant complete the installation process ,in fact i get the following

yum install vlc
livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 4.3 kB 00:01
fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 4.9 MB 00:00
updates-newkey 100% |=========================| 2.3 kB 00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 3.7 MB 03:11
updates 100% |=========================| 2.6 kB 00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 2.2 kB 00:00
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package vlc available.
Nothing to do
[root@localhost ~]#

Please advise how get this resolved.

I want to make this clear:
1. You want to install plugins from RPM use rpm -ivh your-rpm-name.rpm (no need to configure any binary packages)

2. You want to check your modem whether supported or not. Check this http://linmodems.technion.ac.il

3. You want to install any packages from livna or any Fedora 8 repos. You can't since Fedora 8 is no longer supported.

As alternative for #3 you can install from sources.

linson_85 fedora 8 is no longer supported and is past it's End Of Life
see the fedora how to's
some of the links and doc's for fedora 8 no longer work and some of the software repos no longer work or have moved
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f8.html
for vlc
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...l#mediaplayers
ps . the Livna repo has moved to rpmfusion you will need to install that instead
except for ONE rpm only "libdvdccs " this one is in livna

please install fedora 10