[hcflinux] hcflinux

[John Spray]

Hi Moises,
The package your missing is your kernel source, which is required in order for 
the driver to build itself for your system.  This package should be present 
on one of the SuSE cds.  A lot of people have this problem.

-- 
John Spray
(john at spray.screaming.net)

On Wednesday 31 July 2002 4:52 am, Moises Cerezo Huitron spewed forth thus:
> Hi, im trying this HCF driver for my modem. I have a Dell Dimension 4500
> and its the first time ever i use linux, but i choose SUSE because it was
> the first one i saw. any way maybe this is too easy, butnot for me.......
>
> im sending you this file couse it asked me to do so, so here i am...
>
>
>
> Conexant Systems neither distributes nor maintains this package.
>
> PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT CONEXANT REGARDING THIS SOFTWARE!!!
>
> If you require assistance or need more information, go to:
>
> http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv
>
> Should we attempt to automatically configure your hardware? [yes] yes
>
> Selected PCI VendorID=14F1 DeviceID=1033
>
> and INF file /etc/hcfpci/inf/hcfv90_linux.inf
>
> Automatically guessed country (using timezone): "MEXICO"
>
> Configuring modem for country: "MEXICO"
>
> You can change this setting later with the command "hcfpciconfig --country"
>
> HCF drivers have not been fully tested on SMP kernels.
>
> Please report results to <hcflinux-bugs at mbsi.ca>
>
> This package does not contain pre-built modules suitable for your system:
>
> Distribution: SuSE-8.0
>
> Kernel arch: i686-SMP
>
> Kernel version: linux-2.4.18-64GB-SMP
>
> Trying to automatically re-compile the modules..
>
> (this requires a C compiler and proper kernel sources to be installed)
>
> ERROR: /lib/modules/2.4.18-64GB-SMP/build points to a missing directory
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jul 28 15:53 /lib/modules/2.4.18-64GB-SMP/build
> -> /usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE
>
> Please ensure that the kernel-source RPM package is properly installed.