[hsflinux] Re: hsflinux Digest, Vol 19, Issue 2

[Michael Mallete]

hello sir! thanx for the reply.

yes, i downloaded it from here:
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads.php

ok, i'll be sending hsfdiag.txt asap.


thanx again!


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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:22:09 +0800
> From: Michael Mallete <mrmallete at gmail.com>
> Subject: [hsflinux] debian sarge installation problem
> To: hsflinux at lists.linuxant.com
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> good day everyone!
> 
> i have recently installed debian sarge in my compaq presario 2500
> laptop. modem is M5457 AC-LINK MODEM. anyway, using scanModem, i
> determined my softmodem is conexant type.
> 
> my  linux kernel is 2.6.8-2.i686. kernel modules, header, source are
> all installed for this version. i also installed devfs version
> 1.3.25-19. i downloaded hsfmodem_7.18.00.02full_i386.deb. then as root
> i executed dpkg:
> 
> $ dpkg -i hsfmodem_7.18.00.02full_i386.deb
> 
> i entered my build directory when prompted: /lib/modules/2.6.8-2-i686/build
> 
> after building the modules, this appeared:
> 
> find: /etc/devs/symlinks.d: No such file or directory
> devfsd: No devfs on /dev, not starting
> 
> ERROR: hsf not active
> dpkg: error processing hsfmodem(--install)
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing hsfmodem
> 
> i browsed this page: http://www.fifi.org/doc/devfsd/README.Debian
> 
> which says:
> 
> "/etc/devfs/symlinks.d and /etc/devfs/symlinks are deprecated and will be
> removed in a future version.  /etc/devfs/conf.d files can do every type of
> sym-link creation you could desire."
> 
> is it possible that my version of devfs is not supported since it
> doesn't make use of symlink anymore?
> 
> help is very much appreciated. thank you so much!
> 
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> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 11:00:41 -0500
> From: "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com>
> Subject: Re: [hsflinux] debian sarge installation problem
> To: Michael Mallete <mrmallete at gmail.com>
> Cc: hsflinux at lists.linuxant.com
> Message-ID: <42024AA9.5060800 at linuxant.com>
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I can't find a reference to '/etc/devfs/symlinks.d' in the while HSF
> driver 7.18.00.02full package and the 'hsfconfig' script is already
> using the '/etc/devfs/conf.d' directory to configure the HSF driver with
> 'devfs'. Did you obtained this package from our web site?
> 
> It is quite possible that this is not the source of the problem, while
> the HSF driver package is installed, even if it fails with the error
> message you have reported, please send at support at linuxant.com the
> output of 'dumpdiag'. Type the following in a root shell:
> 
> ---
> hsfconfig --dumpdiag
> ---
> 
> Just send us the generated file located in /tmp ('hsfdiag.txt').
> It'll help us solve the problem.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jonathan
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
> 
> Michael Mallete wrote:
> > good day everyone!
> >
> > i have recently installed debian sarge in my compaq presario 2500
> > laptop. modem is M5457 AC-LINK MODEM. anyway, using scanModem, i
> > determined my softmodem is conexant type.
> >
> > my  linux kernel is 2.6.8-2.i686. kernel modules, header, source are
> > all installed for this version. i also installed devfs version
> > 1.3.25-19. i downloaded hsfmodem_7.18.00.02full_i386.deb. then as root
> > i executed dpkg:
> >
> > $ dpkg -i hsfmodem_7.18.00.02full_i386.deb
> >
> > i entered my build directory when prompted: /lib/modules/2.6.8-2-i686/build
> >
> > after building the modules, this appeared:
> >
> > find: /etc/devs/symlinks.d: No such file or directory
> > devfsd: No devfs on /dev, not starting
> >
> > ERROR: hsf not active
> > dpkg: error processing hsfmodem(--install)
> >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> > Errors were encountered while processing hsfmodem
> >
> > i browsed this page: http://www.fifi.org/doc/devfsd/README.Debian
> >
> > which says:
> >
> > "/etc/devfs/symlinks.d and /etc/devfs/symlinks are deprecated and will be
> > removed in a future version.  /etc/devfs/conf.d files can do every type of
> > sym-link creation you could desire."
> >
> > is it possible that my version of devfs is not supported since it
> > doesn't make use of symlink anymore?
> >
> > help is very much appreciated. thank you so much!
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