[hsflinux] /dev/modem busy error

[adriano batista]

Hi there,
I have a vaio GR250 running RH 9.0 kernel 2.4.20-8,
my modem type is:
"Intel Corp.|82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 2486
which according to Linuxant should be supported.
In fact it worked really well under RH 8.0 with
the driver
hsflinmodem-5.03.03.L3mbsibeta02110301-1.i386.rpm
but after I installed RH9.0 I could no longer use the
modem. I get the warning "/dev/modem is busy" when I
try to connect using kppp. Then I installed the new
generic driver
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700-1.i386.rpm
and after this failed attempt I also tried the
specific one:
hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh.i686.rpm
Although I could install and configure both of them
with hsfconfig, they all give me the same type of
error
(/dev/modem busy). I looked for other processes using
/dev/modem with fuser, but I found nothing.
Here are the hsf modules I have installed:
hsfich                119116   0 (autoclean)
hsfserial              26804   0 (autoclean)
hsfengine            1126316   0 (autoclean)
[hsfserial]
hsfosspec              35356   0 (autoclean) [hsfich
hsfserial hsfengine]

and 
$ll /dev/modem
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           13 Jun 17
19:24 /dev/modem -> /dev/ttySHSF0

Before each installation I removed the earlier one
with
rpm -e hsflinmodem-(old_version_here)

I have no idea what's wrong. Please let me know if
you know how to fix this/have any suggestions.

Thanks in advance,
Adriano Batista.

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