[hcflinux] Connected but still Offline

[John Spray]

Hi Davide, 

I'm using your modem (you know what i mean :-) quite successfully - I didn't 
find it necessary to fiddle with the infs at all.  That was with 
hcfpcimodem-0.98mbsibeta02090200-1.i386.rpm - the generic rpm (I use that 
because my kernel isn't a distro-supplied one).

Try that package instead, and if you'd like I can send you a copy of my 
hcfv90_linux.inf

Good luck.

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

On Thursday 05 Sep 2002 10:22 pm, Davide Marquês spewed forth thus:
> Hi there.
>
> I have been trying to install my SupraExpress 56i V Pro (127A:1002) in
> linux for some time know.
>
> Using "uname -m" i was informed that my system is a i586, but when i tryed
> to install the the correspondent rpm
> (hcfpcimodem-0.98mbsibeta02090100k2.4.18_3-1rh.i586.rpm) i was notified
> that was installing the wrong rpm. So, i tryed to install
> hcfpcimodem-0.98mbsibeta02090100k2.4.18_3-1rh.i386.rpm, wich didn't
> originate any problems.
>
> After installing the driver and using kppp i was able to query my modem,
> but when i tryed to go online i always got a BUSY signal. I tryed to change
> my init/dial string in kpp, like someone in the list had said, but it
> didn't help (in one of the changes i passed from a Busy to a No Carrier
> signal). During all these attemps i never heard a beep coming out off the
> modem. Complete silence. :-\. All the No Carrier solutions that i found
> where for Suse...
>
> So with nothing else to do, i began inspecting my win2k driver files and
> logs and comparing it with /etc/hcfpci/inf/hcfv90_linux.inf. When i found
> that there where "similar parts" i replaced the parts in hcfv90_linux.inf
> with the parts from win2k (oem11.inf). After this i executed hcfpciconfig
> and was able to select my modem from a list (since it was no longer
> detected), i selected the updated hcfv90_linux.inf, and chose my country
> (PORTUGAL). The next thing i did was trying to connect using kpp, it dialed
> my isp (with all that great sound that i was used to) and finally
> connected!
>
> But still... no net. :-(
> I am not able to browse the web, and my pings just don't get through...
>
> I have also copied the init strings that i found in my win2k modem logs,
> but that didn't help. I'm just a beginner relating linux and in order to
> learn more i would like to go online "through it", not having to reboot
> each time i need more info.
>
> Any help would be great!! :-)
> Info on what are the correct steps to follow in order to install my modem
> would also be good. :-)
>
> Greetings,
> Davide