[hcflinux] Debian - Installation and hcfpciconfig successful, but modem does nothing

[Chris Austin]

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Hi,

I now seem to have solved the problem described below,
by uninstalling a program called "klisa".  In fact a few
days after I first successfully got on the Internet from
Linux, a problem started with Linux spontaneously
trying to dial some website, without any instructions
from me.  This turned out to be caused by a program
called "diald".  I then started doing "killall diald", as
soon as I logged on to Linux, and I was then able to get
on the Internet from Linux on a second day.  But after
that the "bad crc" problem prevented me getting on,
as described below.  I noticed, in "top", that there were
multiple instances of a program called "klisa", which
were shown as "klisa <defunct>".  These "klisa"
processes were shown as being in the "zombie" state.
I checked out "klisa" in Package Manager, and it was
described as a program like "Network Neighbourhood".
I don't have a local network, so as an experiment, I tried
doing "killall diald", then "killall klisa", as soon as I
logged on to Linux.  I then found I could connect to
UK Online with no problems at all.  I have now
uninstalled both "diald" and "klisa", and now seem to
be able to connect to UK Online from Linux without
any problems whenever I want, and have seen no more
"crc error"s at all.

This is being sent from Mozilla Mail, running in
Linux.  Thanks very much, once again, for the
driver and the advice.

Best regards,
Chris Austin

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>>Hi,
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>>>even though our driver should work with some 2.2 kernels, we strongly
>>>recommend to use a 2.4 kernel. Is it possible for you to try a 2.4
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>>>and recompile the drivers?
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>>I've now done this, and have successfully connected to the
>>Internet from Linux many times on two separate days,
>>through the ISP UK Online, and downloaded many
>>web pages in both Konqueror and Mozilla, and also
>>received email in KMail.  Thanks very much for the
>>driver and the advice.
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>>Unfortunately, since the second "successful" day, which
>>was over a week ago, I have been unable to connect
>>successfully to ukonline due to a "bad crc" fault,
>>although there is no problem connecting to them in
>>Windows.  This "bad crc" fault typically occurred a
>>couple of times before I successfully connected even
>>on the two "successful" days, but now it just occurs
>>over and over again, and I never get a connection.  I
>>know it's not a fault with the ISP, because I have
>>sometimes alternated between Windows and Linux,
>>and always successfully connected in Windows.
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>>Here is a record of a typical session, from a pen and
>>paper record of the screen display:
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>>--> WVDial:  Internet dialer version 1.53
>>HCF ASIC ID: 85
>>HCF DATAPUMP PART: '74' REV: 'BA'
>>--> Initializing modem
>>--> Sending: ATZ
>>ATZ
>>OK
>>--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
>>ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
>>OK
>>--> Modem initialized
>>--> Waiting for carrier
>>ATDT08453331121
>>0788605.123: HCF: ERROR: bad crc got=0x00, wanted=0x0a
>>NO CARRIER
>>--> No carrier!  Trying again
>>--> Sending ATDT08453331121
>>---> Waiting for carrier
>>ATDT08453331121
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>>etc.  It continues with another bad crc error as before.  The
>>number at the beginning of the bad crc message is slightly
>>different each time, but otherwise this just carries on over
>>and over again, until I stop it with ctrl + C.
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>>The variation of the above on the two "successful" days was
>>that after two or three bad crc messages, I got:
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>>CONNECT 57600
>>--> Carrier detected.  Waiting for prompt
>>===  TNT-21  Easynet Dial Service  ===
>>Login:
>>--> Looks like a login prompt
>>--> Sending: chrisaustin
>>chrisaustin
>>Password:
>>-->  Looks like a password prompt
>>-->  Sending: (password)
>>EASYSTART
>>        Entering PPP Mode
>>        IP address is 212.134.228.204
>>        MTU is 1524
>>-->  looks like a welcome message
>>-->  starting pppd at Fri Aug 15 20:03:11 2003
>>-->  pid of pppd: 1315
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>>My wvdial settings now are exactly as they were
>>on Fri Aug 15, but since then, all I get are the
>>bad crc messages, over and over again.  Whereas
>>on Fri Aug 15 I connected many times, and
>>sometimes the connection lasted over an hour.
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>>I have also tried connecting to other ISPs.  With
>>some, the problem seems to be negotiation, but
>>there was one other with the same bad crc
>>problem, got=0x00, wanted=0x0a
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>>I would be very grateful for any advice.
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>>Best regards,
>>Chris Austin
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