Hi guys. I'm really new to Redhat Linux 9 and i'm really hard to understand what people are telling me. Redhat Linux 9 does not recognize my modem. The name of my modem is PCTEL Platinum V. 90 modem. I download the pctel-0.9.6 drivers. I guess when i open up the terminal windows. I have to type some commands. Some people are telling me that i have to be in the location. I'm not sure but i think i have to be in the place where i extract the files to. I don't understand how to get in the location. It seems like what ever i type. I get no such file or directory. Can someone please help me with the modem drivers? I'm a tough person to understand. It would be better if someone e-mail me back right a way. Thank You very much.

there is a howto at the beginning of the software forum
on this site that explains many basic things. you should
read that.

I did not see any beginner howto's.

I keep on getting the same error message. tar: pctel-0.9.6.tar.gz: cannot open: No such file or directory. tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now. This is what i typed in.

tar -xvf pctel-0.9.6.tar.gz

Do you know why i'm always getting this message?

you have to type the full path to the file. that means you
have to know where it is.
you can
find / -name pctel-0.9.6.tar.gz -print
then
cd /where/file/is
then
tar zxvf pctel-0.9.6.tar.gz
then
cd pctelwhatever it is
then you are there, and can begin.

nope still got the same error. This is what i typed in.

find/ -name pctel-0.9.6.tar.gz -print

I got no such file or directory.

are you sure you downloaded the driver?? have you extrcted it??

The question you ask me did i download the driver. yes i download. The second question you ask me did i extract it. The answer to that is, I try to. I don't know did i do it right but i gave it my best try. On the other hand, When i open up the Terminal windows. I don't know how to go into the location where i try to extract the files. Can you help me?? Thanks guys.

tell us the exact location where you extracted the files... and we'll try to be of more help...

Open Konqueror or Nautilus, right click the file, you should get the option to exract it.

To navigate in terminals is broadly the same as in Windows/DOS. Try cd (for change directory) /home/name/whatever. Normally things are downloaded to your home directory. so: cd /home/username/directory/file.tar.gz. When you extract the file, there should be a readme.

ei, i dont know you but your a fellow LQ member so... happy bday XavierP...

The Rute Handbook has an enormous amount of info for Linux - have yourself a read.

Many thanks - 31 tomorrow (soon I shall be an adult. but not this year!)

no prob....
good for you...