[hsflinux] Winmodem on a Dell Latitude D505

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

the problem is that the 'modprobe' tool is unable to load the modules 
into the kernel. However, the modules are compiled and in the right 
directory, the right entries are in the '/dev' directory as well as in 
the '/etc/modules.conf' file.

Some users have reported that some of newer versions of the 
'module-init-tools' package have this strange behavior with the HSF 
driver and we are currently investigating on this problem.

In the meantime, please try to downgrade to one of these versions of the 
'module-init-tools' package :

---
3.0pre9
3.0pre10
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Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com


nico wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> my firm has recently bought to me a brand new laptop, which is a Dell Latitude D505. The modem is a Intel (8086:24c6), chipset Connexant.
> 
> I have compiled the drivers with success, but when I want to load them, this doesn't run. I have a message like "driver not active" ...
> 
> 
>>hsfconfig
>>Conexant HSF softmodem driver, version 6.03.00lnxt04072900full
> 
> 
>>If you need license keys, assistance or more information, please go to:
>>       http://www.linuxant.com/
> 
> 
>>When reporting a problem for the first time, please send
>>us the file generated by "hsfconfig --dumpdiag".
> 
> 
>>Warning: existing driver modules found under:
>>       /lib/modules/2.6.7-1-686/misc/
>>Would you like to keep using them? [no] yes
> 
> 
>>ERROR: hsf driver not active
> 
> 
> 
> The system run on Debian Sarge (3.1) whith a 2.6.7 kernel.
> 
> I have joined the ouptut file of "hsfconfig -d" ...
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> 
> Regards,
> Nico