Hi Jacques you said that it needs an hsf driver from linuxant and the it probably requires some adjustments: I had to use an hsf driver too, and the installation didn't go exactly smooth, and I had to make some adjustments in some parts so I thought that what I had done to make it work might help. ciao Lorenzo Jacques Goldberg wrote: > Lorenzo, > Thanks for this information. > But it does happen that "the same machine" in the sense for example of > "Sony VGN-BX387XP" is sold with different components in there, such as > different modem chipsets, enough to make a modem work or not. > If you read specifications, you will always see "subject to change > without warning". A fire or a strike, for example, in the factory which > makes one modem may force a computer manufacturer to use an another > chipset ... > This is why, in first approximation, the parameters needed to make a > winmodem work under Linux are the chipset, the Linux distribution, the > kernel, very much more than the exact manufacturer model. > > I am not sure, though, that I correctly understood what you had in mind > when writing your message. > > Ciao - Jacques > > Lorenzo Bettini wrote: >> Jacques Goldberg wrote: >>> Eric, >>> You need the Linuxant driver for HSF modems. >>> No other driver will work. >>> Please read the attached instructions to get guidance. >>> Remember: HSF, Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS, kernel 2.6.15-27-686 >>> There are detailed instructions for installation in the HSF "frame" >>> (margin) at http://www.linuxant.com/drivers >>> For your kind of modem a small adjustment to the software may be needed, >>> I do not remember for sure. >> >> this is not exactly the same laptop >> >> http://www.lorenzobettini.it/linux/LinuxSonyVaioVGN-S5VP_B >> >> but I use hsf modem too, >> >> hope this helps >> Lorenzo >> > -- +-----------------------------------------------------+ | Lorenzo Bettini ICQ# lbetto, 16080134 | | PhD in Computer Science, DSI, Univ. di Firenze | | Florence - Italy (GNU/Linux User # 158233) | | http://www.lorenzobettini.it | | http://tronprog.blogspot.com BLOG | | http://www.purplesucker.com Deep Purple Cover Band | | http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite | | http://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt | | http://www.gnu.org/software/gengen | | http://doublecpp.sourceforge.net | +-----------------------------------------------------+
