newbie questions

["sethuraman baranidharan" <barani tctc com>]

Sorry, due to IPO-SEC related restrictions I am unable to get the archives
and therefore raising some newbie questions here:

My system hardware:

    Intel Pentium II 350 MHz with 512K cache
    Diamond Micronics Intel 440BX chipset 100 MHz motherboard
    128MB SDRAM
    Diamond Viper 550 AGP 3D Video with 8MB videoram
    Hard-drive, CD-rom drive
    56K v.90 internal modem (voice,data,fax modem, lucent)
    Intel ethernetexpress pro 10/100 network card
    PS/2 intellimouse
    ViewSonic E771 SVGA 0.27dp


I purchased Redhat Linux 5.2 a few months ago and been trying to install
it.  Currently, I am able to boot LILO and login as root. I installed the
mouse
and cdrom drive. I also mounted the /dos directory at /dev/hda1 correctly
(this helps to download files in internet via win-9x).

(a) video card problems -  nothing works other than 16bit VGA with 256K
videoram
      and no depth resolution.  I am able to start Xwindows through startx
for this
     specification but not others. Since XFree86-P9000 is supposed to be
used
     for diamond viper cards, I downloaded this file, but stil unable to get
it working;
     Is there any special way to run XFree86-P9000 ? I simply copied the
binary
     into /usr/X11R6/bin  along with other XFree86 binary files.

(b) Modem configuration -  how do I 'mount' or 'install' a modem that is
internal?
     ( or even external?).  I am able to use netcfg to apparently configure
a PPP
     but 'activate' option does not even dial out.  In windows I believe
this internal
     modem is at COM3.

 Basically I have an ISP and would like to establish a PPP through dialup.
Then I'd
 like to use my video/monitor for best resolution and depth and run xwindows
at
 its best. All help is appreciated.

- Barani

"Trying to throw windows out of my PC, or else, throwing PC out of windows"