vga,sound and modem problem with lindows os
 

hi,
i have 4 os in my Intel p4 pc,two are windows and two others are lindows and slackware 9.1.The lindows graphical mode just can start in depth 16 with mode 800*600 wich is for a generic vga device and it is low for my vga and pc.when i am trying the VESA with 24 depth and 1024*768 mode there is no screen at all,it can't start the graphical mode with these new settings,my vga is Intel(R) 845G/GL Graphic Controller,i downloaded the driver for linux from intel website "20330425-i386.tar.gz",but when i want to isntall it in command line there is an error message: ./install.sh:could not locate some required utilities:ed
Aborting.
The audio problem is there no sound at all my sound card is SigmaTel C-Major Audio,i downloaded the driver for it from intel website"riptide-0.6.lnxtbeta0312280" the rpm and tar ball.
when i want to isntall the rpm package there is error messages:
error:cannot open packages index using db3,No such file or directory(2)
error:cannot open packages database in /var/lib/rpm.
when i try to isntall from the tar ball there is error message:
./config.mak:line 14:syntax error near unexpected token'($(IMPORTED_DEBUG_DEFS),).
For modem In the dial up connection tools,in the device tab when i am trying the query modem there is message "sorry modem is not responding"this message is also,in the dial up connection when i try to connect to the Isp,i downloaded the driver"hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt03122800full-1.i386.rpm.zip and the tar ball from linuxant website,but at the time of installation of the rpm package is the same error message like above and for the tar ball the error message is:
./config.mak:top,include,IMPORTED-CNXTLINUXVERSIONS:command not found.
./config.mak:line 14:syntax error near unexpected token ($(IMPORTED-TARGET,_HSF_PCI_LINUX).
./config.mak:line 14:'ifeq ($(IMPORTED_TARGET)TARGET_HSF_PCI_LINUX).
please pay attention to me, and guide me for the solution of these problems.

thanks
shams