Hey guys
Ive been working on some linux distros and was able to get red hat 8 to work. I got the GUI and most of the hardware i have running with it. A friend lent my the red hat linux bible so i was able to take notes on the X windows system, the rest i handled myself.
But of course there a side affect...my cable modem and mofo sound chip....
The modem is a motorola surfboard 4200
(running USB driver since no ethernet 
I cant get it to autodetect...but knoppix linux does...but i dunno why
Second is ESS Solo-1 AudioDrive sound chip. The autodetect works but i get "could not initialize" and "mixer" thrown in. I dunno....maybe drivers.
The same friend who lended my that red hat linux bible told me i may have to compile the drivers...i wouldnt mind and id like to...but i have no programming skillz whatsoever.
Ive tried to fix this but no luck. Im going to boot with Knoppix and see whats the problem and how to work around it...if not maybe i can ask a programming buddy to compile linux versions of my cable and sound drivers
