Hi
It's my 2nd attempt to get a winmodem working with linux.
I bought a (2nd hand) USB PCI modem that came with Linux drivers on
CD. I put the modem in my box and connected it using the same cable I
use for my successful Windows dialup.
During reboot, as devices are being recognised, I get a long pause then
failed to activate ppp0 with error 8
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OK that doesn't sound too good. Anyway, I carried on to Linux prompt,
and unpacked the .tar.gz that contained the drivers. This unpacked to
a perl script and a lot of .o files. (no INSTALL file). at the top
of the perl script called hsf-install it says
"The program handles on finding the modem PCI-ID on the PCI file and
installing it by the config of the INF file. eg hsf-install
/root/modems56k"
I don't understand that, so I don't know what to give hsf-install as a
parameter.
I'm reading the modems chapter in Linux System Administration by Craig
Hunt linux library but if anyone has any suggestions in the meantime
then thanks,
dave
