[hsflinux] HSF module load errors

[jcreamer at att.net]

Tony,

Good news!
 I got the hsfslinux modem stuff to work again! (and Dazuko module as well)

 1) I reluctantly updated the RH8 kernel to the latest 2.4.20-18.8 release
including downloading the requisite source rpm again. (I AM A GLUTTON FOR
PUNISHMENT!) (via RH Network) and rebooted and the new kernel came up without
incident (well, except for having to re-install the NVIDIA video
drivers).Really... there has to be a better way! MS Windows has it all over
Linux in this respect and the only reason I tolerate this in Linux is 'cause I
know how to do it (after several previous video driver re-installs).
 2) then...Totally unconfigured the network modem (ppp) interface
 2a) issued the hsfstop command
 3) rpm -e hsfslinuxmodem (or, whatever the syntax)
 4) rpm -i the latest 'generic' hsflinuxmodem rpm (from hsflinux modem site)
 5) Everything compiled without errors.
 6) hsfconfig - configured without errors
 6) Re-added the modem (ppp) network interface, and, to my surprize, 
********My Connexant type modem works again! YEH!*********

Jeff Creamer
Duluth GA
> tor, 29.05.2003 kl. 05.00 skrev jcreamer at att.net:
> 
> > 	FYI... I have a similar problem with re-installing the previously 
> working
> > dazuko module (for AntiVir). The dazuko development folks seem to indicate a
> > significant kernel architecture change beginning with 2.4.20.x and higher 
> which
> > is forcing dazuko folks to work on patches since even compiling their module
> > along with the kernel (a previous RH9 hack) doesn't really work now either.  
> > 
> > Any suggestions? Ideas? (other than don't use an HSF modem...)
> 
> No suggestions, simply a comment:
> 
> I'm usually one of those who adopts "new software" (Unix and Linux
> alike) as soon as stable release versions have been confirmed by others
> (I'm a coward, too :)
> 
> However, I've read so much negative about RH 9.0 and kernel 2.4.20 and
> getting custom things to work, that I've stuck at much modified RH 7.2
> and a custom kernel.org 2.4.19/ACPI. I'm totally dependent on my single
> notebook at the moment, with its HSF modem. Things were otherwise when I
> had access to a Xircom Linmodem PCMCIA card (driver by David Hines);
> then I had "belt and braces", could use either. However, I've given the
> Xircom card back to its owner.
> 
> Perhaps you could compile a kernel.org 2.4.19/ACPI kernel.org kernel
> parallel to your 2.4.20, see what happens - boot on either. I keep a
> couple of old kernel versions to boot on - if anything goes wrong ...
> 
> Best,
> 
> Tony
> 
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> Tony Earnshaw
> 
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