[hsflinux] System freezes when browsing soon after dialout
Linuxant support (Jonathan)
support at linuxant.com
Tue Aug 21 12:59:42 EDT 2007
Hi,
testing on a x86 machine or with a x86 kernel is a good idea, it is
always possible that it is an issue which is specific to x86_64/amd64.
Regards,
Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com
Luke Sharkey wrote:
> Hi
>
> I tried your suggestions on the modulation, but it didn't make any
> difference to the system crashes, unfortunately. Do you have any other
> suggestions?
>
>
> If not, I was thinking of installing Debian etch i386 on a spare
> partition, to maybe see if its a hardware problem, or if it's more a
> problem with amd64 / Ubuntu / just the way my ubuntu system is set up.
>
>
> Thanks
> Luke
>
>> From: "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com>
>> To: Luke Sharkey <lukesharkey at hotmail.co.uk>
>> CC: hsflinux at lists.linuxant.com
>> Subject: Re: [hsflinux] System freezes when browsing soon after dialout
>> Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:31:28 -0400
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> it could still be a modulation related issue.
>>
>> Since the license is now installed, you should be able to test each of
>> the following init. strings, one at a time:
>>
>> ---
>> AT &F W1 +ER=1; +DR=1; +MS=V92,0
>> AT &F W1 +ER=1; +DR=1; +MS=V92,1
>> AT &F W1 +ER=1; +DR=1; +MS=V90,0
>> AT &F W1 +ER=1; +DR=1; +MS=V90,1
>> AT &F W1 +ER=1; +DR=1; +MS=V34,0
>> AT &F W1 +ER=1; +DR=1; +MS=V34,1
>> AT &F W1 +ER=1; +DR=1; +MS=V32B,0
>> AT &F W1 +ER=1; +DR=1; +MS=V32B,1
>> AT &F W1 +ER=1; +DR=1; +MS=V32,0
>> AT &F W1 +ER=1; +DR=1; +MS=V32,1
>> ---
>>
>> Hopefully one of them will solve the problem.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Jonathan
>> Technical specialist / Linuxant
>> www.linuxant.com
>> support at linuxant.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Luke Sharkey wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I upgraded to the full licensed driver but unfortunately it didn't
>>> fix the problem, so I guess it isn't a modulation issue.
>>>
>>> However, one last thing I was wondering, although it's not possible
>>> to run the driver in debug mode, how about the kernel? I did notice
>>> that there is a "linux-image-debug" package for ubuntu. Would
>>> running the kernel in debug mode provide any useful information? I
>>> just have a gut feeling its something to do with how my amd64 system
>>> is set up rather than anything else...
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Luke
>>>
>>>> From: "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com>
>>>> To: Luke Sharkey <lukesharkey at hotmail.co.uk>
>>>> CC: hsflinux at lists.linuxant.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [hsflinux] System freezes when browsing soon after dialout
>>>> Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:57:35 -0400
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> first of all, a "modulation" is a standard on how to send data, and
>>>> there is more than one of these modulations for modems. Probably the
>>>> most common one today is V.92. There is more information about that at:
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulation
>>>>
>>>> When there is no valid license installed, the HSF driver will simply
>>>> never select a modulation that would result in a connection faster
>>>> than 14.4kbps. A bug could be present in the modulation currently
>>>> used by the driver and if you install a license, another modulation
>>>> is likely to be used to get an higher connection speed and could
>>>> also be used as a workaround for the bug, if this is an actual
>>>> modulation related issue.
>>>>
>>>> The source of stability issues with the driver are often modulation
>>>> specific. The modulation code is provided by Conexant and we
>>>> periodically add the changes made by Conexant to the HSF driver to
>>>> hopefully solve these remaining problems.
>>>>
>>>> It's not possible to enable to dump more debugging information in
>>>> the driver without having the source code unfortunately. Since we
>>>> have recommended you to buy a license to solve a problem with the
>>>> driver, if the license doesn't solve it, we will refund your purchase.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
>>>> Technical specialist / Linuxant
>>>> www.linuxant.com
>>>> support at linuxant.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Luke Sharkey wrote:
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your reply. However, I was just wondering what you
>>>>> meant when you said:
>>>>>
>>>>> "It is possible that it is a modulation specific stability issue in
>>>>> the HSF driver and simply installing a valid license might cure the
>>>>> problem as another modulation is likely to be used."
>>>>>
>>>>> ...could you please explain what you mean by a "modulation specific
>>>>> stability issue"? How exactly installing a valid licence help this?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been considering upgrading to the full 56k driver, but I
>>>>> need to know that it will work first before I do and that I won't
>>>>> continue to get these crashes. I know the driver is binary, but
>>>>> would it be possible to run any sort of debug mode to get more
>>>>> information on the problem, etc? And if it is a bug in the driver,
>>>>> is it likely to be fixed in any future updates (have you come
>>>>> across any reports of problems like this before?)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Luke Sharkey
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com>
>>>>>> To: "Neil B. Ablang" <neil.ablang at eglobalreach.net>
>>>>>> CC: Luke Sharkey
>>>>>> <lukesharkey at hotmail.co.uk>,hsflinux at lists.linuxant.com
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hsflinux] System freezes when browsing soon after
>>>>>> dialout
>>>>>> Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:37:41 -0400
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> with the description of the problem, I doubt that it is an
>>>>>> application problem, it's likely a problem with either the kernel
>>>>>> or a driver.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is possible that it is a modulation specific stability issue in
>>>>>> the HSF driver and simply installing a valid license might cure
>>>>>> the problem as another modulation is likely to be used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jonathan
>>>>>> Technical specialist / Linuxant
>>>>>> www.linuxant.com
>>>>>> support at linuxant.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Neil B. Ablang wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Looks like an application problem not the modem. After modem
>>>>>>> connection, trying doing a ping to whatevever site you like, say
>>>>>>> ping www.google.com from your terminal. If it respond without any
>>>>>>> error say for a minute or 2 then, most probably your browser have
>>>>>>> some problems
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Neil
>>>>>>> Luke Sharkey wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've been trying out the free 14.4kbs hsf driver for my
>>>>>>>> connexant based modem on (K)ubuntu 7.04 amd64. It dials out
>>>>>>>> without problems and I can access the internet fine. However,
>>>>>>>> soon after I start browsing, my computer totally freezes (not
>>>>>>>> just Xwindows - even pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 /etc. does nothing).
>>>>>>>> I've noticed that it is worse with firefox, which seems to crash
>>>>>>>> even after a few seconds browsing, but on konqueror sometimes it
>>>>>>>> can be a few minutes. Nonetheless, it always crashes when I try
>>>>>>>> to log into hotmail.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The output in /var/log/messages for the crash is always
>>>>>>>> mysterious and very ugly, e.g.:
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've attached hsfconfig --dumpdiag . What could be the problem?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> LS
>>>>>>>>
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