[hsflinux] "Modem busy" message again

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

we can see the following line in the output of the 'hsfconfig -i' 
command in a root shell :

---
The /dev/modem alias (symlink) points to ttyS2
---

If you use the /dev/modem device in 'kppp', this is probably why you 
obtain the 'the modem is busy' error message.

Since you Linux distribution uses 'udev' to manage the '/dev' directory, 
please create the file '/etc/udev/rules.d/hsf.rules' and in this file, 
please add the following line :

---
KERNEL="ttySHSF0", SYMLINK="modem"
---

Then, delete the symlink '/dev/modem' with the 'rm -f /dev/modem' 
command in a root shell. Finally, reload the modem driver with the 
following commands in a root shell :

---
hsfstop
hsfconfig -i
---

The previous steps should restore the '/dev/modem' symlink to the right 
'/dev/ttySHSF0' device. It should also re-create this symlink again 
after each reboot.

Regards,


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


Hans Petter Birkeland wrote:
> Hi again,
> A few weeks ago I had problems with my modem driver after an upgrade to Mandrake 10.1 Community. Now I have done a complete reinstall of the same because I needed more disk space, and I have run into the same problem again: When I click the "Connect" button in Kppp I get "Looking for modem" and then "The modem is busy", and so it won't dial. I tried the same solution as the last time,
> 
> hsfstop
> hsfconfig -i
> 
> in a root shell, but this time it did not work. Attached is the hsfdiag.txt.
> 
> Hope you can help me again,
> 
> Hans Petter Birkeland