Dear Dave,
I am trying to understand what you have been doing from the beginning.
Please tell me where I am wrong.
1-You have an internal modem in your computer, and you sent a
ModemData.txt report
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-seventh/msg01223.html
which shows that you are using Linux Mandrake with kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk
and in your internal modem a chipset 127a:2014 which is a Conexant HSF
modem.
For that modem and kernel Linuxant does not have an off the shelf ready
to go installer.
The file to be downloaded is hsfmodem-7.60.00.09full-1.i386.rpm.zip
which you reach from http://www.linuxant.com/drivers , then look at the
HSF area on the left side menu, read "Installation", click "download",
accept the conditions, and follow "How to install the HSF driver without
the installer".
Have you done that, has it failed, and is this the reason why you later
purchased this USB modem?
2-You purchased, correctly connected, and successfully used an external
USB modem under Windows. It came with a "Linux driver" which you tried
to install and ended up with trying to execute a command hsf-install
This strongly suggests that your USB modem is **ALSO** using a Conexant
HSF chipset.
The SAME driver thus serves BOTH modems which you have: a clash cannot
be avoided!
If your PC is a desktop, you will have to remove the internal PCI modem
to make the USB working, or disconnect the USB to make the PCI working.
If it is a laptop, I strongly discourage you to try to open it yourself
to remove the PCI modem, which is possibly even not a minicard but a
chip soldered on the main board.
3-You do not know how to execute hsf-install ? You just type hsf-install
and let it guide you.
4-The following statement is beyond my understanding:
> "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"
"Handles ???".
Would you mind send me the tar file which came with your USB modem please?
Jacques
daveches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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
---------------------------------
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
