You are sending your emails to the wrong address John Richardson -- Message sent with Supanet E-mail -----Original Message----- From: Rick Stevens To: Murali Krishnan Elangovan , Getting started with Red Hat Linux Subject: Re: Update Linux > Murali Krishnan Elangovan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am a novice in Linux. Have just installed Linux Version 3.0 WS in my > > desktop. I have a USB keyboard and I faced problems while installation > > as the Keyboard didnt respond. So i had to use my friend's keyboard > > (PS2) for installation. > > > > now even after installation, i am not able to use my USB keyboard. My > > modem is also not getting sensed. I checked the redhat site and > > learned that USB not being sensed is a bug and the patch is available > > for the same. But i am not able to download the updates directly. > > believe i will be able to download through REDHAT Network only. as my > > modem is also under problem i find myself helpless. > > > > can someone suggest me a way out. > > If you have a "winmodem", there are very few that are supported under > Linux. Winmodems have had most of their brains "gutted" and depend on > the operating system to do most of the work. Most of the makers do NOT > support the open source initiative and therefore don't support Linux. > There are drivers for some of them on the net, info can be had at > http://www.linmodems.org, but that's not much help to you since you > can't get on the net anyway. > > If it were me, I'd spend $50 and buy an EXTERNAL, stand-alone modem (the > kind you plug into a serial port). Those are guaranteed to work with > Linux, and don't put as big a burden on the processor to manage it. > > Barring that, I might be able to grab a driver for you and email it. > You'd need to put it on a floppy or CD and install it. I need to know > who makes your modem, what chipset it uses and its PCI bus ID. Log in > as the root user, then enter these commands: > > uname -r > lspci -vv > lspci -vvn > > and post the results to the list here. Then open the box and find the > make and model of modem you have. I'll see if there's a driver > available. If there is, I'll email it to you and you can try to install > it. > > I'd also spend $20 and get a standard PS/2 keyboard and mouse. NEVER > rely on USB for that stuff, and it's always useful to have them, anyway. > > You could get a friend with decent internet access to get the patches > for you and burn them to a CD. The trick there is to get the patches > from the Red Hat Network WITHOUT using up2date. That's not easy. I > think Red Hat sells a "patch CD" that contains all current patches up to > a certain date (sort of like Windows' "Service Pack" concept). That may > be your only hope to get the initial patches for your USB issues. > > Sorry we can't be of more help. You chose a "bad" hardware combo as > far as Linux is concerned. Of course, you could write to your modem > maker and demand they support Linux. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@vitalstream.com - > - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - > - - > - When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried. - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-install-list mailing list > Redhat-install-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > redhat-install-list-request@redhat.com > Subject: unsubscribe Signup to supanet at https://signup.supanet.com/cgi-bin/signup?_origin=sigwebmail