Mouse works and lilo configured, but no sound

I'm having problems getting sound configured. The problem is I'm not able to locate any instructions on setting Slackware 10.0 to work with a Soundblaster 16 PNP. It's supposed to be supported, but I get this error.

Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such device)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

To me this looks like it's a driver issue. I'll have to dig around to find out.

I'm also having some problems with the modem. It connects, but is really slow. Just haven't had time to troubleshoot it. I think it's just an initialization string issue. Will try to get it working better soon.

I got LILO configured to give a nice screen from a BMP instead of the normal red box. This was easy. I just had to add a section to the lilo.conf file. I added the following.

# boot screen settings
bitmap=/boot/Slackware_Moonboot.bmp
bmp-colors=139,,0,255,,0
bmp-table=40p,384p,1,5
bmp-timer=513p,30p,255,0,0

Makes boot up much more attractive.

I also configured the mouse scroll wheel to work. I had to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.config file to add the following.

Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

You also have to change the type of mouse to IMPS/2. This was originally PS/2.

That's all I have for now, but I will do some research to find out what I need to do to get the sound working. I also need to see if it's possible to speed up the internet connection.

No!!! It's a winmodem

I played around with kppp last night. It tried to initialize the modem when I set it up for ttyS0 and ttyS1, but when on ttyS2, it said the modem was busy. This is com3 and that's what the modem is set for.

I did a little digging today and found that my PC tel HPS56 micromodem is a winmodem. This is a really bad thing. This means it is lacking some of the hardware required to function on it's own. The good thing is I found the linmodem site, and they have lots of good info about winmodems. I'm fairly certain I saw my modem listed as working. I guess that's a good thing about having old hardware.

I will need to run the chipset scan tool, to get info on which drivers to use. I feel certain that I will be able to get it working.

Well, I ran the scan and it's a PC tel HPS56 MicroModem. I downloaded the driver it said to download and ran setup. Fired up minicom and it dialed. This is great. I used it today to post to the forums. It is connecting much slower than normal, though. I have to check that out and see what's wrong. Might be the initialization string for the modem.