On 10/03/2009 12:07 PM, Rich wrote: > DSL v4.4.10, current version, OLD, Celeron (PII?), 196meg ram. > > Have d/l and run scanModem tool/script and gotten the info that it's a > Rockwell PCI HCF (not HSF) winmodem. IRQ 5. > > How to set up so minicom can see/talk to it (for testing)? > > Then, how do I set up a port to let this use dialup to connect? >
I also have such a pci modem around, so I played a bit. It identifies as a conexant [nee rockwell] 14f1:2f50 which is listed as supported on the linuxant site http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/ so I downloaded their free driver. There are several download options and I thought I'd prefer the route building an rpm from a tarball. That worked just fine. I used the x86_64 tarball from http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads.php#generic If you can't load that page, go higher and click-thru their terms agreement. Anyway, the command rpmbuild -ta tarball.tar.gz built an rpm for my f11 (under ~/rpmbuild), and sudo rpm -ivh ~/rpmbuild...../the-rpm installed fine, in the process building kernel modules. You may need to install the kernel-devel package. If you're running debian/ubuntu or suse or .., you'll have to read the installation instructions at the /downloads/ page above. Note: I presume something special has to be done after each kernel version update, but I haven't figured that out yet. There is a hsfconfig program involved, I believe. I haven't checked whether anything else needs doing on reboot. There are entries in /etc/modprobe.d that may take care of that? Also I noted some possibly disturbing messages on rpmbuild, namely " Note: kernel module snd-via82xx-modem overridden by hsfmc97via Note: kernel module snd-intel8x0m overridden by hsfmc97ich hsfmc97sis Note: kernel module snd-atiixp-modem overridden by hsfmc97ati """ My sound still seems to work, but I'm left wondering whether there might be reason for concern. I believe I saw some discussion of hsf sound issues, but I don't remember where, now. At least if I install from an rpm, I /expect/ that uninstalling the rpm would undo the overrides, but YMMV, eh? Any[more]way, ls -la /dev/modem shows a symlink to new device --on my system, /dev/ySHFF0 And lsmod | head -15 shows a bunch of modules already loaded. Such complexity is the price of a softmodem, I suppose. Normally one sets up minicom via sudo minicom -s changes things in serial port setup and saves the setup as dfl. I found nothing needed changing, but I believe the save as dfl should normally be done, once. I notice afterward that minicom won't run as non-root, maybe because I am not a member of the dialout group. Seems so: after adding myself to the dialout group (and running newgrp dialout), I get in ok. I believe after subsequent user logins, I will not have to explicitly run newgrp. So that gets you into a conversation with the modem --is that what you need? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
