Distribution : RedHat 7.3
Chipset : Intel i845G. NOT WELL HANDLED by kernel. Bridges, USB, IDE & sound not working in 2.4.18. Download kernel >=2.4.19, untar it in /usr/src dir, copy /boot/config-2.4.18-3 in /usr/src/linux. Go in this src dir, type "make oldconfig". Press Enter for new options. type "make -j2 dep; make -j2 modules; make -j2 modules-install; make bzImage; make install". Edit /etc/grub.conf. Put "default=0". Reboot. Kudzu detects the sound card and install poor OSS/Free drivers. For lspci to repport correct names, download pci.ids. Copy it to /usr/share/hwdata.
Video Card : Intel i845G. Use the XFree86 4.2 VESA driver @1024x768x16. Automatically detected by install. Bug : changing to console and could not go back to X. Should be fixed in XFree86 4.3.
Network : Intel Etherexpress Pro 100. NOT DETECTED. Use eepro100 driver.
Sound : i845G/AC97. With 2.4.19, OSS/Free driver i810 works. I prefer ALSA Drivers. So download stable drivers, lib and utils. Use this little patch I made. In driver dir type "./configure; make install; ./snddevices". In lib dir type "./configure;make install". In utils lib type "./configure;make install". Be sure to make changes in /etc/modules.conf I have made here. Reboot. No sound because volume is 0. Type "alsamixer" to twik sound volumes. When ok, type "alsactl store".