[hsflinux] Driver probs on Compaq Presario 2500

[Linuxant modem support]

Hi,

The behaviour you are describing is normal because Mandrake 9.1 uses devfs.
This means that the nodes in /dev appear dynamically only when the modules
are loaded.

To demonstrate this, run the following commands:

hsfstop
lsmod | grep hsf
ls -la /dev/*HSF*
ls -la /dev/modem

Now, let's load the modules.

modprobe hsfserial
lsmod | grep hsf
ls -la /dev/*HSF*
ls -la /dev/modem

As you can see, the nodes in /dev are only there when the modules are
loaded.

You might have to run "modprobe hcfpciserial" before trying to connect to
the Internet with your PPP software. After running modprobe, /dev/modem will
exist and your PPP software should be able to use it.

Regards,

Jean-Simon Durand
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
modem.support at linuxant.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Ellison" <raennnn at earthlink.net>
To: <hsflinux at lists.linuxant.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:17 AM
Subject: [hsflinux] Driver probs on Compaq Presario 2500


Hi,

I recently purchased a Compaq Presario 2500 and installed Mandrake 9.1
on it.  The HSF driver RPM installed OK on it; but, sometimes the
/dev/modem and /dev/ttySHSF0 devices exist after booting and sometimes
they don't.  I ran hsfconfig --dumpdiag once when the modem was alive
and kicking and once when it was gone and attached both files here.  Any
help will be appreciated, as my technical expertise is somewhat limited
:-).

Roger