First, a reminder. I'm not blind, I'l here to learn what problems the blind have and how they're addressed. However, I have been using Linux for some years. Sound is ordinarily quite easy. I install Linux, and on the first boot kudzu leaps in and asks if I want to configure my sound card. I say, "Yes," and it does. Configuring the modem itself is generally almost as easy. Login as root and run this command wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf There will be lots of messages, hopefully some of them resulting from it finding and testing your modem. The result will be a file called /etc/wvdial.conf which should contain something like this: [Dialer Defaults] Modem = /dev/ttyS0 Baud = 115200 Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 ; Phone = <Target Phone Number> ; Username = <Your Login Name> ; Password = <Your Password> Remember, not those particular values, but like that. To this you can add something like this: [Dialer isp] Username = summer Password = shooter Phone = 92503951 Inherits = Dialer Defaults [root@gw root]# Connecting might be as simple as issuing the command wvdial isp where isp matches the word after "Dialer" above. But then, it might not be so simple, but this is a good start. On Monday 19 August 2002 20:42, Darragh wrote: > At last I have a perfectly working Red Hat Linux installation fully > accessible thanks to Speak up. Now that I have it working I'd like to be > able to read Email, visit web pages, listen to MP3's. Unfortunately to do > this I have to know how to set up my Modem and sound card. Can any one > help? I'm using a 56K hardware modem and a - Typhoon digital sound card. > > -- Cheers John. Please, no off-list mail. You will fall foul of my spam treatment. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb