[hsflinux] Red Hat 9 & hsflinmodem with 2.4.20.8 kernel and i386 arch

[Walter L. Crox]

I think I installed the incorrect modem driver.  Tried to uninstall and 
reinstall the correct driver.  I am not doing something correctly. 
Please help.

[Crox at localhost Crox]$ rpm -i 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh.i386.rpm
warning: hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh.i386.rpm: V3 
DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5dfbf7dc
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
[Crox at localhost Crox]$ rpm -e hsflinmodem
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
[Crox at localhost Crox]$ rpm -i 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh.i386.rpm
warning: hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh.i386.rpm: V3 
DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5dfbf7dc
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
[Crox at localhost Crox]$ hsfconfig
bash: hsfconfig: command not found
[Crox at localhost Crox]$ su
Password:
[root at localhost Crox]# rpm -i 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh.i386.rpm
warning: hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh.i386.rpm: V3 
DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5dfbf7dc
         package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh 
(which is newer than hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh) 
is already installed
         file /etc/hsf/inf/linux_hsfi.inf from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
         file /etc/hsf/inf/linux_intel_smartmc.inf from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
         file /usr/lib/hsf/LICENSE from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
         file /usr/sbin/hsfconfig from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
         file /usr/sbin/hsffirm2bin from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
         file /usr/sbin/hsfinf2bin from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
         file /usr/sbin/hsfstop from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
[root at localhost Crox]# rpm -e hsflinmodem
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18902: line 2: /usr/sbin/hsfconfig: No such file or 
directory
error: %preun(hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh) 
scriptlet failed, exit status 127
[root at localhost Crox]# rpm -i 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh.i386.rpm
warning: hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh.i386.rpm: V3 
DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5dfbf7dc
         package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh 
(which is newer than hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh) 
is already installed
         file /etc/hsf/inf/linux_hsfi.inf from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
         file /etc/hsf/inf/linux_intel_smartmc.inf from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
         file /usr/lib/hsf/LICENSE from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
         file /usr/sbin/hsfconfig from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
         file /usr/sbin/hsffirm2bin from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
         file /usr/sbin/hsfinf2bin from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
         file /usr/sbin/hsfstop from install of 
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh conflicts with file 
from package hsflinmodem-5.03.27mbsibeta02122600k2.4.18_14-1rh
[root at localhost Crox]# hsfconfig
bash: hsfconfig: command not found
[root at localhost Crox]#

What may I do to correct the problem?