Thanks all. Tried several things, but then, on a whim, I tried the wvdial/dialup and it found it! I haven't tried dialing out as I had some land line problems, but will do so when I get things fixed.
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:23 PM, James G. Sack (jim) <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
