since i did nt get my modem work,could anyone indicate me a way to have sound?sound card recognized,volume not muted,no sound though!And no info on kde control about soundcard although when i try to recon sound card says ok !Sound driver is ok,controlled it.asus a7v600 mb,sound on board.Any ideas would help,thank you..Audiophile where r u?

some versions of linux are not compatible with certain sound cards. I had the same problem. check from ur sound card vendor if its compatible with the version of linux u have.

if u r right it looks like that half pc not linux compatible(no adsl usb modem,no raid 0 SATA,no sound,no burning,no printing)What DO i have?I have fedora os..is it the distro or me?

I do not use Fedora, generally speaking if something is able to work under one distribution, it should be possible to make it to work with another linux. This is the webpage of the SuSE hardware database, check all your equipment out over there. If they don't know if something is supported or say it isn't; then it probably won't work right out of the box (except when your device uses a similar chipset as one which is listed as supported. You'll have to do some research to find out.): http://cdb.suse.de/?LANG=en_UK At www.sourceforge.net they do have several files available for the conexant adsl usb modem and looking from the status, I think it should be able to work. Go to the website, fill in conexant usb adsl in the left corner where you can search. You'll find I think 4 packages, you might need more than one. Just download them, and read the readme/install files which are included in the packages. I cannot help you with this, since I've no experience with usb adsl devices. I even don't know if they can be catagorised as network cards/devices or not. People have made drivers for them, so more people are using them. Send another support request to the manufacturer of the modem, as well try the webpage of the conextant chipmaker. It could be they do have drivers ready to use with installation instructions, I know realtek had a few years ago (and maybe still has). GOOGLE is your friend! You are not the luckiest person new to linux, but IF you are able to tackle these problems, then linux has less secrets for you than some people who start it up and where it justs keeps working from the beginning. Every advantage has it's disadvantage, just keep trying. Also there are more forums than computing.net It's out of my field of knowledge. I do know SuSE has great online support for people who buy their boxed version, which does come with a great manual. I do not know how far they go in helping with unsupported hardware. But both your soundcard and modem should be able to work I think. Good luck and don't give up yet.

http://accessrunner.sourceforge.net/ Unfortuntaly, the spanish site does seem to have a little more info than the english alternative. It should work with these drivers (I think....) http://sourceforge.net/projects/accessrunner/

Well,i did try these sites(thank you for your time spent)downloaded some,especially the one that proposes the author of this page http://spazioinwind.libero.it/paolo_minazzi/aethra-starmodem.htm regarding my modem(both ways)but didnt come up with anything!Did read the instructions in spanish(thnx god i speak italian)but didnt conclude anything.When i did ls usb,came up the modem,but under kde inspection,no driver regarding my modem was found.What can i do to see for sure if it s there and working(note that on the moden is written "supports linux!")And no way i m gonna give up!!T H A N X!!

http://cxacru.altervista.org/ You can try! at least they also have a forum over there (although it doesn't seem very busy). Generally speaking I trust command line info more than kde/gnome or whatever other GUI. If you have to compile files (by example ./configure & make & make install , are there errors generated?) If you have to insert modules, are there errors generated, is the module loaded? (you can check with lsmod). I stop for the time being.