First of all, thank you both for your precious time: I really appreciate that. I admit that I am a bit confused about the behavior of HSF driver and alsa-driver, and I really don't know anything about what there's "under the cover". Anyway I tried a little, probably silly, thing... Since with the original gentoo snd-hda-intel.ko kernel module the modem seems to be recognized (codec#1 is present), I've replaced the module created by hsfconfig into "/lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r6/updates" with the original version and rebooted the system. Now the audio works well (it always worked), I can see codec#1 *but* hsfconfig still doesn't recognize the modem: isn't that strange or my test is totally meaningless? About the tailored alsa-driver-linuxant, I wished to give it a try but unfortunately I've found that the use of alsa-driver on Gentoo Linux is deprecated and not supported anymore: the package is hard-masked in the portage repository and is not maintained or updated, as stated from the Gentoo Linux ALSA Guide (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml): ----- "Historically, Gentoo offered two ways to get ALSA up and running: the in-kernel driver and the external alsa-driver package. The two solutions essentially do the same thing; this made supporting the external package extremely difficult and time-consuming. The Gentoo maintainers decided to discontinue support for the alsa-driver package, concentrating their resources on the ALSA drivers available within the Linux kernel. This guide will focus solely on configuring ALSA via the in-kernel driver. If you still require the alsa-driver package, please email the Gentoo ALSA maintainers with why the in-kernel drivers don't work for you. Be sure to include detailed error logs." ----- I know that this is not a Linuxant problem, but is eventually possible to include the patch into the in-kernel drivers? Could I hope that one day this issue will be fixed without the need of the external alsa-driver package? I'll ask you before to understand if this could be a good reason for eventually contacting the Gentoo ALSA team. And... Given my "test" results, are we sure that alsa-driver-linuxant will really do the trick? Tomorrow I will try to build a slightly new kernel version, from 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 to 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 and see what happens. Finally, a question about scanModem: when codec#1 is available, why doesn't the script find anything? Many thanks again, Marco ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:36:40 -0400 > From: support@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To: marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx > CC: robotronic_2k@xxxxxxxxxxx; discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; dep@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Fwd: Marco, Italy [eid-20080729-2f2] > > Hi, > > it's a better idea to install alsa-driver-linuxant first but it can be > installed after the HSF driver without any problems. Note however that > some pre-compiled HSF driver packages do have an explicit dependency on > alsa-driver-linuxant, in this case, it's necessary to install > alsa-driver-linuxant first. > > Regards, > > > Jonathan > Technical specialist / Linuxant > www.linuxant.com > support@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Marvin Stodolsky wrote: >> Jonathan, >> >> Should the alsa-driver-linuxant be installed before the hsfmodem package? >> Or doesn't it make a difference? >> >> MarvS >> >> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Linuxant support (Jonathan) >> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Marco has correctly identified the problem, since the file >>> /proc/asound/card0/codec#1 is no longer present, the modem is not detected >>> at all on the HDA bus. The HSF driver provides it's own HDA bus driver but >>> it's getting outdated, using alsa-driver-linuxant is recommended now: >>> >>> http://www.linuxant.com/alsa-driver/ >>> >>> Hopefully with an up-to-date alsa-driver, the modem will be detected. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> Jonathan >>> Technical specialist / Linuxant >>> www.linuxant.com >>> support@xxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> >>> Marvin Stodolsky wrote: >>>> Jonathan, >>>> >>>> This is a HDA based conexant chip modem. >>>> Please advise Marco >>>> >>>> MarvS >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: RoboTronic >>>> Date: Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:43 PM >>>> Subject: Marco, Italy >>>> To: discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop and I am not able to configure the >>>> internal modem on my Gentoo Linux box. >>>> It's clearly an hsfmodem but since scanModem hasn't detected any modem >>>> card, I've booted into Windows Vista Home Premium and collected some >>>> info about the device: >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> *** Modem Diagnostics: >>>> >>>> ATQ0V1E0 - OK >>>> AT+GMM - +GMM: Conexant HDA D330 MDC V.92 Modem >>>> AT+FCLASS=? - 0,1 >>>> AT#CLS=? - Not supported >>>> AT+GCI? - +GCI: 59 >>>> AT+GCI=? - +GCI: >>>> >>>> (00,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,09,0A,0B,0C,0D,0E,0F,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,19,1A,1B,1C,1D,1E,1F,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,2A,2B,2C,2D,2E,2F,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,3A,3B,3C,3D,3E,40,41,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,4B,4C,4D,4E,4F,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,5A,5B,5C,5E,5F,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,6A,6B,6C,6D,6E,6F,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,7A,7B,7C,7D,7E,7F,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,8A,8B,8C,8D,8E,8F,90,92,93,94,96,97,98,99,9A,9B,9C,9D,9E,9F,A0,A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9,AA,AB,AC,AD,AE,AF,B0,B1,B2,B3,B4,B5,B6,B7,B8,B9,BA,BB,BC,BD,BE,BF,C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C7,C8,C9,CA,CB,CC,CD,CE,CF,D0,D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6,D7,D8,D9,DA,DB,DC,DD,DE,DF,E0,E1,E2,E3,E4,E5,E6,E7,E8,EB,EC,ED,EE,EF,F0,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,F7,F8,F9,FA,FB,FC,FE) >>>> ATI1 - 255 >>>> ATI2 - OK >>>> ATI3 - SoftK56V_B2.1_V7.59.00 >>>> ATI4 - Conexant HDA D330 MDC V.92 Modem >>>> ATI5 - 089 >>>> ATI6 - SoftK56 >>>> CModem Version 12 >>>> Rksample Version 342 >>>> ATI7 - 255 >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> *** Modem Details: >>>> >>>> Hardware ID = >>>> >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_14F1&DEV_2C06&SUBSYS_14F1000F&REV_1000\4&23AD9263&0&0102 >>>> | >>>> |_ Vendor = 14F1 >>>> |_ Device = 2C06 >>>> |_ SubSys = 000f:14f1 >>>> >>>> Compatible IDs = >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&CTLR_VEN_8086&CTLR_DEV_284B&VEN_14F1&DEV_2C06&REV_1000 >>>> >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&CTLR_VEN_8086&VEN_14F1&DEV_2C06&REV_1000 >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_14F1&DEV_2C06&REV_1000 >>>> >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&CTLR_VEN_8086&CTLR_DEV_284B&VEN_14F1&DEV_2C06 >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&CTLR_VEN_8086&VEN_14F1&DEV_2C06 >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_14F1&DEV_2C06 >>>> >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&CTLR_VEN_8086&CTLR_DEV_284B&VEN_14F1 >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&CTLR_VEN_8086&VEN_14F1 >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_14F1 >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&CTLR_VEN_8086&CTLR_DEV_284B >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&CTLR_VEN_8086 >>>> >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&GF&VEN_14F1&DEV_2C06&SUBSYS_14F1000F&REV_1000 >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_02 >>>> >>>> Father = >>>> PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_284B&SUBSYS_01F21028&REV_02\3&2b8e0b4b&0&D8 >>>> Same level = >>>> >>>> HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_76A0&SUBSYS_102801F2&REV_1002\4&23ad9263&0&0001 >>>> Driver = >>>> >>>> oem5.inf:HSF_MODEM:ModemX:7.59.0.0:hdaudio\func_02&ven_14f1&dev_2c06&subsys_14f1000f >>>> >>>> Driver Details = Version 7.59.0.0 (16-NOV-2006) >>>> >>>> [ Note: I've translated properties' names from Italian to English, >>>> probably there are some mistakes! ] >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> That particular vendor/device seems supported by hsf drivers but >>>> hsfconfig modem detection fails. >>>> Attached you can find scanModem and "hsfconfig --dumpdiag" output. >>>> >>>> The interesting thing I've found is that with the default Gentoo >>>> kernel module "snd_hda_intel" loaded, I am able to query codec#1: >>>> >>>> metalbox ~ # cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#1 >>>> Codec: Conexant ID 2c06 >>>> Address: 1 >>>> Vendor Id: 0x14f12c06 >>>> Subsystem Id: 0x14f1000f >>>> Revision Id: 0x100000 >>>> Modem Function Group: 0x2 >>>> >>>> Differently, after hsfmodem kernel modules installation, the codec#1 >>>> device disappears, and I'm left only with codec#0 (the sound card). >>>> >>>> I'm using the official Linuxant drivers, version 7.68.00.09 (x86_64). >>>> I've also tried Dell's OEM drivers >>>> >>>> (http://linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/hardy/modem-drivers/hsf/hsfmodem-7.68.00.09x86_64oem.tar.gz), >>>> but nothing changes... >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance for your help, and feel free to ask if I've missed >>>> something in my explanation! >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Marco >>>> _________________________________________________________________ Leggi la tua posta direttamente dal cellulare! http://windowslivemobile.msn.com/Homepage.aspx?lang=it-it
